From 8e68d9a8b47f4ae8146b0e4a43eef53715fcc85e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Francesco=20Borz=C3=AC?= Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 17:49:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs(AUTHORS): add Cross-project Collaboration section (#22034) --- AUTHORS | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 8c5e802ab1..63425cea72 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -34,3 +34,22 @@ The third-party libraries have their own way of addressing authorship, and the a a third-party library reflects who did the importing instead of who wrote the code within the commit. The Authors of third-party libraries are not explicitly mentioned, and usually is possible to obtain from the files belonging to the third-party libraries. + +## Cross-project collaboration + +At AzerothCore, we actively promote collaboration with other MaNGOS-based open-source projects that are actively maintained. This also includes cherry-picking commits from relevant projects such as: + +* TrinityCore: https://github.com/trinitycore +* CMaNGOS: https://github.com/cmangos/ +* vMaNGOS: https://github.com/vmangos +* and others + +It is strictly required for any contributor importing code to credit the original author by: +- linking the original PR (or commit) +- adding a [Co-authored-by](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/creating-a-commit-with-multiple-authors) line in the PR description + +This will automatically include the original author in our list of [Contributors](https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk/graphs/contributors). + +If you notice a violation of the above, please report it to the Staff immediately. + +We encourage other projects to adopt similar practices to promote healthy cross-project collaboration and proper attribution.