Site Policies

This is a site for the community, so there isn't a lot of formal policy. Just common sense. Here are a few thoughts.

Software Licensing

By submitting software for inclusion here, you authorize that you are either the copyright holder, or have the legal right to post it.

This site only hosts software licensed under an Open Source license. If you're trying to keep your software proprietary, I'm not going to spend my money to help you make money. Redmine itself is GPL'd, and it's hard to hide Ruby source code anyhow, so I don't think anybody will mind. I won't dictate what OSS license you use. Just pick a common one.

You retain copyright, of course.

Real Projects

Some sites like SourceForge have a common problem: somebody will sign up for a project in 2002, and 5 years later it's still in "planning" phase with no results.

This site is for real projects with real results. If a project looks dead, efforts will be made to contact its maintainers. If maintainers don't show up, and neither does code, dead projects may be removed.

Your Freedoms

You have the ability to control a large number of things about your projects, and mostly can enable or disable features as you wish. See the FAQ for more details.

Expectations of Project Managers

Project managers should:

• Ensure that all code in their projects complies with the law, and that their actions do, as well
• Police their own wikis and forums for spam or abusive behavior
• Be open to contributions from the community and available to help them

No guarantee

This site is run on a volunteer basis. There's no guarantee that it will be available for a certain amount of time, or won't ever shut down.