Contributing

• Don't use LLMs for interacting with other humans (forum posts, chat messages, etc.)
• To discuss your idea/proposal, first create a post on the forum
• Follow our recommendations
• Any code generated by LLMs must be disclosed as such and the human contributor is the sole party responsible for the contribution
• Send me the patch via email for review
  • fossil diff --internal > my.patch
  • Use fossil bundle for bigger changes

References

• https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/tip/www/contribute.wiki
• LLM
  • https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2026/02/26/generative-ai-policy-landscape-in-open-source/
  • https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/governance/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md
  • https://ziglang.org/code-of-conduct/
• Open Source is Not About You