text: # How to Contribute
  
  CoreOS projects are [Apache 2.0 licensed](LICENSE) and accept contributions via
  GitHub pull requests.  This document outlines some of the conventions on
  development workflow, commit message formatting, contact points and other
  resources to make it easier to get your contribution accepted.
  
  # Certificate of Origin
  
  By contributing to this project you agree to the Developer Certificate of
  Origin (DCO). This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a
  simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the
  contribution. See the [DCO](DCO) file for details.
  
  # Email and Chat
  
  The project currently uses the general CoreOS email list and IRC channel:
  - Email: [coreos-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/coreos-dev)
  - IRC: #[coreos](irc://irc.freenode.org:6667/#coreos) IRC channel on freenode.org
  
  Please avoid emailing maintainers found in the MAINTAINERS file directly. They
  are very busy and read the mailing lists.
  
  ## Getting Started
  
  - Fork the repository on GitHub
  - Read the [README](README.md) for build and test instructions
  - Play with the project, submit bugs, submit patches!
  
  ## Contribution Flow
  
  This is a rough outline of what a contributor's workflow looks like:
  
  - Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work (usually master).
  - Make commits of logical units.
  - Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format (see below).
  - Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
  - Make sure the tests pass, and add any new tests as appropriate.
  - Submit a pull request to the original repository.
  
  Thanks for your contributions!
  
  ### Format of the Commit Message
  
  We follow a rough convention for commit messages that is designed to answer two
  questions: what changed and why. The subject line should feature the what and
  the body of the commit should describe the why.
  
  ```
  scripts: add the test-cluster command
  
  this uses tmux to setup a test cluster that you can easily kill and
  start for debugging.
  
  Fixes #38
  ```
  
  The format can be described more formally as follows:
  
  ```
  <subsystem>: <what changed>
  <BLANK LINE>
  <why this change was made>
  <BLANK LINE>
  <footer>
  ```
  
  The first line is the subject and should be no longer than 70 characters, the
  second line is always blank, and other lines should be wrapped at 80 characters.
  This allows the message to be easier to read on GitHub as well as in various
  git tools.
  