CONTRIBUTING: updated and added copyright info

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@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ notice:
* USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
When writing code, make sure lines never exceed 80 characters in width when
using four-character-wide indentation steps.
Make sure lines never exceed 80 characters in width when using
four-character-wide indentation steps. This helps contributors who do not have
text wrapping in their text editors.
For usage text and help messages, please do not implement a -h option. Just
print usage information when any erroneous option is specified. Follow the
@ -100,16 +101,31 @@ NetBSD style guide for usage text output format [1].
If committing a new source file for a utility, format the commit message like
this:
$ git commit -m 'tool(1): <information>'
$ git commit -m 'tool(1): added feature x'
If committing a new library or header file:
$ git commit -m 'library(1): <information>'
$ git commit -m 'library(3): fixed overflow'
$ git commit -m 'header.h(3): added header.h(3)'
If committing a new manual page:
$ git commit -m 'tool.1: added author details'
If modifying some other file or directory:
$ git commit -m 'README: clarification'
$ git commit -m 'tests: posix: fixed bug #47'
$ git commit -m 'docs: tool(1): added author information'
$ git commit -m 'tests/posix: fixed bug #47'
etc.
For multiple of these:
$ git commit -m 'Makefile, tool(1): added tool(1)'
$ git commit -m 'tool(1): added tool(1); \
library(3), library.3: added library(3)'
[1] http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/share/misc/style
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