become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
distributes such Contribution.

2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope

The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a

* **Clearer contribution guidelines**: [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) now includes this requirement

### Negative Consequences

* **Historical inconsistencies**: Existing code may contain British English spellings that cannot be changed due to backward compatibility

### Migration and Enforcement

* **New code**: All new contributions must use American English

If you are looking for good first issues, take a look at the list of [good first issues](https://github.com/gradle/gradle/labels/good%20first%20issue) that should be actionable and ready for a contribution.

If you are looking for a contribution that is more substantial, you can look at the [help wanted issues](https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22%F0%9F%8C%B3%20help%20wanted%22).

documentation first and afterward you are welcome to join the developers
mailing list to ask questions or discuss new ideas/features/bugs etc.

Take a look into the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

License
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This code is under the [Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004][license].

See the [`NOTICE`](./NOTICE) file for required notices and attributions.

Donations

            The roles the contributor plays in the project. Each role is described by a
            {@code role} element, the body of which is a role name. This can also be used to
            describe the contribution.
          </description>
          <association>
            <type>String</type>
            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
        </field>
        <field>

  - Fixing or improving documentation.
  - Improvements to Maven configuration.

Guidelines for any code contributions:

1.  Any significant changes should be accompanied by tests. The project already
    has good test coverage, so look at some existing tests if you're unsure how
    to go about it.
2.  All contributions must be licensed Apache 2.0 and all files must have a copy

## Contribute to MinIO Project

Please follow MinIO [Contributor's Guide](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidance on making new contributions to the repository.

## License

- MinIO source is licensed under the [GNU AGPLv3](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/LICENSE).