# Contributing to OpenTracing

If you would like to contribute code you can do so through GitHub by forking the repository and sending a pull request (on a branch other than `master` or `gh-pages`).


## License

By contributing your code, you agree to license your contribution under the terms of the APLv2: https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-java/blob/master/LICENSE

All files are released with the Apache 2.0 license.

If you are adding a new file it should have a header like below. This can be automatically added by running `./mvnw com.mycila:license-maven-plugin:format`.

```
/**
 * Copyright 2016-2020 The OpenTracing Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
 ```