Backdrop Contributed Project Group Application

This project allows you to apply to join the contributed project developer team.

To apply simply create a request as an issue at https://github.com/backdrop-ops/contrib/issues/new

If you have already written or ported a project to Backdrop, please include a link to the module or theme you have written, hosted either on Github under a personal account or elsewhere. After joining the Backdrop Contributed Project Group, you will be able to transfer the entire repository to live under https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/[your_project_name]

Backdrop Contributed Project Author Agreement

By publishing a project in the Backdrop Contributed project group (Backdrop Contrib for short), you must agree to the following:

1. You will not push changes to a repository for which you are not a maintainer; even though joining the Backdrop Contrib group will grant you technical permission to push to any project within.

2. You must include a copy of the GPL v2 LICENSE.txt file in the root of your repository.

3. You must include a README.md with all projects, including at the least the following:

4. A description of the project

5. Basic documentation

6. License information (GPL v2)

7. A list of the current maintainers for the project

You may use this example README.md to get started.

1. You will work with the Backdrop Security Team to address any vulnerabilities in your code if necessary.

2. You will enable the GitHub issue tracker for official communication.

3. If you fail to do any of the above, your access to the Backdrop Contrib group -- including all projects including those that you may have originally authored -- may be revoked.

4. If your project becomes abandoned and you do not respond to requests in the issue tracker within 2 weeks, your project may be modified by a Backdrop Contrib administrator without your explicit consent.

Process for Abandoned Projects

If you feel a project in the Backdrop Contrib group has been abandoned, you may apply to adopt that project. To do so:

1. Join the Backdrop Contrib group by submitting an application (see above).

2. File an issue with the current project, requesting to help maintain the project. If written permission is granted by a current maintainer, add your name to the README.md file in the list of maintainers.

3. If the current maintainers do not respond within 2 weeks. Create an issue in this repository to take over the project, including a link to the issue you filed with the abandoned project.

4. After confirming the project has been abandoned, a Backdrop Contrib administrator will add your name to the list of maintainers in that project's README.md file.

5. You may now maintain the project directly as though given permission by the project maintainers and likewise now grant permission to others to maintain the project.