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Website: Reformulate the "contributing" paragraph.

Carsten Dominik 17 years ago
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@@ -160,9 +160,11 @@ please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
 
 
 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
 list.  If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
 list.  If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
-add-on, this is very welcome too!  However, we can only make it an
-official part of Org-mode if you have signed a copyright assignment
-with the [[http://www.fsf.org/][Free Software Foundation]], because Org-mode is distributed as
-part of Emacs.  If this is what you want to do, use [[file:request-assign-future.txt][this form]], fill it
-in and [[mailto:assign@gnu.org,carsten.dominik@gmail.com][send]] it to the FSF with a copy to the Org-mode maintainer.
+add-on, this is very welcome too!  We do distribute good add-ons as
+contributed packages.  However, to integrate additions into the
+Org-mode core, the author needs to assign the copyright to the [[http://www.fsf.org/][Free
+Software Foundation]].  This is because Org-mode is part of Emacs, which
+adheres to very strict rules.  If you would like to sign the papers,
+use [[file:request-assign-future.txt][this form]], fill it in and [[mailto:assign@gnu.org,carsten.dominik@gmail.com][send]] it to the FSF with a copy to the
+Org-mode maintainer.