We're so glad you're thinking about contributing to the U.S. Forms System open source project! If you're unsure about anything, just ask by submitting an issue or sending us an email.
We encourage you to read this CONTRIBUTING policy, as well as the project's LICENSE and README.
- Before opening a pull request in this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via an issue or email with the team managing this repository before making a change.
- You can report bugs and/or request features via Github Issues. You can also ask the team questions and make suggestions by creating an issue.
- If you prefer email to issues, you can reach us at forms@lists.usds.gov with your questions and comments. We're always open to suggestions.
- To implement new functionality or fix a bug, you can open a GitHub pull request. However, please make sure you have discussed these changes and have an agreed upon plan of action before embarking on any significant pull request (e.g. implementing features, refactoring code, porting to a different language), otherwise you risk spending time working on something that may not get merged into the project. You can do so by starting by opening issues to track discussion regarding any changes you would like to implement.
- Help improve our documentation for U.S. Forms System. If you propose changes that require updates to the documentation, kindly help us update that accordingly in your pull request.
- Help us improve our unit and integrations tests.
- Triage tickets and review patches triaging-tickets created by other users.
As noted in LICENSE, this project is in the worldwide public domain (in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication).
All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.