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<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.o-hand.com/'>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) 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>
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