# [SMF](https://www.simplemachines.org)
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This the development repository for Simple Machines Forum.
The software is licensed under [BSD 3-clause license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

Contributions to documentation are licensed under [CC-by-SA 3](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Third party libraries or sets of images are under their own licenses.

## Feature locked
This branch is a stable release and locked to new features.  Only bug fixes are accepted.  Please contribute to the current development branch for new features.
Bug fixes that introduce database changes will typically not be approved without justification.

## Notes:

Feel free to fork this repository and make your desired changes.

Please see the [Developer's Certificate of Origin](https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/blob/master/DCO.txt) in the repository:
by signing off your contributions, you acknowledge that you can and do license your submissions under the license of the project.

## Branches organization:
* ***release-2.1*** - is the branch where updates for version 2.1 are applied

## How to contribute:
* fork the repository. If you are not used to Github, please check out [fork a repository](https://help.github.com/fork-a-repo).
* branch your repository, to commit the desired changes.
* sign-off your commits, to acknowledge your submission under the license of the project.
  * It is enough to include in your commit comment "Signed-off by: " followed by your name and email address (for example: `Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@example.com>`)
  * an easy way to do so is to define an alias for the git commit command, which includes -s switch (reference: [How to create Git aliases](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Aliases))
* send a pull request to us.

## How to submit a pull request:
* If you want to send a bug fix for version 2.1, send it to the branch ***release-2.1***

## Security matters:

Lastly, if you have a security issue you would like to notify us about regarding SMF - not just for 2.1, but for any version -
please file a [security report](https://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/security.php) on our website: https://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/security.php

This will enable the team to review it and prepare patches as appropriate before exploits are widely known, which helps keep everyone safe.