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<p>This section contains policies that pertain to frequent LLVM
- developers. We always welcome <a href="#patches">random patches</a> from
- people who do not routinely contribute to LLVM, but expect more from frequent
- contributors to keep the system as efficient as possible for everyone.
- Frequent LLVM contributors are expected to meet the following obligations in
+ developers. We always welcome <a href="#patches">one-off patches</a> from
+ people who do not routinely contribute to LLVM, but we expect more from
+ frequent contributors to keep the system as efficient as possible for
+ everyone.
+ Frequent LLVM contributors are expected to meet the following requirements in
order for LLVM to maintain a high standard of quality.<p>
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reviewed after commit.</li>
<li>The developer responsible for a code change is also responsible for
making all necessary review-related changes.</li>
- <li>Code review can be an iterative process, which goes until the patch
+ <li>Code review can be an iterative process, which continues until the patch
is ready to be committed.</li>
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<p>Developers should participate in code reviews as both reviewers and
- a reviewees. If someone is kind enough to review your code, you should
+ reviewees. If someone is kind enough to review your code, you should
return the favor for someone else. Note that anyone is welcome to review
- and give feedback on a patch,
- but only people with CVS write access can approve it.</p>
+ and give feedback on a patch, but only people with CVS write access can
+ approve it.</p>
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- <p>This section addresses the issues of copyright and license for the LLVM
- project.
+ <p>This section addresses the issues of copyright, license and patents for
+ the LLVM project.
Currently, the University of Illinois is the LLVM copyright holder and the
terms of its license to LLVM users and developers is the
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php">University of
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<p><b>NOTE: This section deals with legal matters but does not provide
- official legal advice. We are not lawyers, please seek legal counsel from an
+ legal advice. We are not lawyers, please seek legal counsel from an
attorney.</b></p>
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-
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software (notably, llvm-gcc which is based on the GCC GPL source base).
This means that anything "linked" into to llvm-gcc must itself be compatible
with the GPL, and must be releasable under the terms of the GPL. This implies
- that you <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be
+ that <b>any code linked into llvm-gcc and distributed to others may be
subject to
the viral aspects of the GPL</b>. This is not a problem for the main LLVM
distribution (which is already licensed under a more liberal license), but may