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+<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<appendix id='resources'>
+<title>Contributing to Poky</title>
+
+<section id='resources-intro'>
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <para>
+ We're happy for people to experiment with Poky and there are a number of places to
+ find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs. To find out how to download
+ source code see the <link linkend='intro-getit'>Obtaining Poky</link> section of
+ the Introduction.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
+<section id='resources-bugtracker'>
+ <title>Bugtracker</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Problems with Poky should be reported in the
+ <ulink url='http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/'>bug tracker</ulink>.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
+<section id='resources-mailinglist'>
+ <title>Mailing list</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To subscribe to the mailing list send mail to:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+poky+subscribe &lt;at&gt; openedhand &lt;dot&gt; com
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then follow the simple instructions in subsequent reply. Archives are
+ available <ulink
+ url="http://lists.o-hand.com/poky/">here</ulink>.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
+<section id='resources-irc'>
+ <title>IRC</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Join #poky on freenode.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
+<section id='resources-links'>
+ <title>Links</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org'>The Poky website</ulink>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://www.openedhand.com/'>OpenedHand</ulink> - The
+ original company behind Poky.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink> - The
+ company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>
+ - The upstream generic embedded distribution Poky derives
+ from (and contributes to).
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>Bitbake</ulink>
+ - The tool used to process Poky metadata.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://bitbake.berlios.de/manual/'>Bitbake User
+ Manual</ulink>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://pimlico-project.org/'>Pimlico</ulink> - A
+ suite of lightweight Personal Information Management (PIM)
+ applications designed primarily for handheld and mobile
+ devices.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <ulink url='http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/'>QEMU</ulink>
+ - An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+</section>
+
+<section id='resources-contributions'>
+ <title>Contributions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Contributions to Poky are very welcome. Patches should be sent to the Poky mailing list along with a Signed-off-by: line in the same style as the Linux kernel. Adding this line signifies the developer has agreed to the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+ By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+ (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+ have the right to submit it under the open source license
+ indicated in the file; or
+
+ (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+ of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+ license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+ work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+ by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+ permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+ in the file; or
+
+ (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+ person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+ it.
+
+ (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+ are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+ personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+ maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+ this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ A Poky contributions tree (poky-contrib, git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib.git)
+ exists for people to stage contributions in, for regular contributors.
+ If people desire such access, please ask on the mailing list. Usually
+ access will be given to anyone with a proven track record of good patches.
+ </para>
+
+</section>
+
+
+</appendix>
+<!--
+vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4
+-->