TCA.md



Trivial Contribution Policy
The purpose of this Policy is to clarify and document the circumstances
in which a Contribution, deemed as Trivial, does not fall within the
scope of the Contributor License Agreement.
As a general rule, Contributions that do not involve creative decisions
or which are not substantial will be considered to be Trivial.
As a guideline, a Contribution may be qualified according to the
following:
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Type of              | ≤ 10 lines          | > 10 lines         |
| contribution         |                       |                       |
+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| Feature               |                       |                       |
|                       | • Not trivial         | • Not trivial         |
| (add new functional   |                       |                       |
| behavior)             |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Improvement           |                       |                       |
|                       | • Probably            | • Not trivial         |
| (improve              |   not trivial         |                       |
| non-functional        |                       |                       |
| behavior)             |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | • Not trivial if      | • Not trivial if      |
|                       | creative code         | creative code         |
| Bug fix               |                       |                       |
|                       | • Not trivial if      | • Not trivial if      |
| (fix incorrect        | comprises a creative  | comprises a creative  |
| behavior)             | comment               | comment               |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | • Probably trivial    | • Probably not        |
|                       | otherwise             | trivial otherwise     |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
(1) -   -   -

(1)
Without prejudice to the above, and for all intents and purposes, the
following Contributions are deemed to be Trivial:


Spelling / grammar fixes / correcting typos


Formatting / cleaning up comments in the code.


Contributions that are purely deletions, such as removal of
duplicate information or code that never executes.


Bug fixes that change default return values or error codes stored in
constants, literals, or simple variable types.


Adding logging messages or debugging output.


Changes to 'metadata' files.


Renaming a build directory or changing a constant.


Configuration changes.


Changes in build or installation scripts.


Re-ordering of objects or subroutines.


Moving source files from one directory or package to another, with
no changes in code.


Breaking a source file into multiple source files, or consolidating
multiple source files into one source file, with no code changes.


However, there are many gray areas. Please reach us at cla AT frama-c DOT com
should you have any questions on the nature of your
intended Contribution.