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title: Contributing
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We welcome contributions from anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the smallest of fixes!
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## Contributing to the Geth source code
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If you'd like to contribute to the Geth source code, please fork the
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[Github repository](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum), fix, commit and send a pull request for the
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maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. If you wish to submit more complex changes
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though, please check up with the core devs first on our Discord Server to ensure those changes are in
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line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get some early feedback which can make both your
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efforts much lighter as well as our review and merge procedures quick and simple.
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Please make sure your contributions adhere to our coding guidelines:
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* Code must adhere to the official Go formatting guidelines (i.e. uses gofmt).
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* Code must be documented adhering to the official Go commentary guidelines.
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* Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the master branch.
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* Commit messages should be prefixed with the package(s) they modify.
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E.g. "eth, rpc: make trace configs optional"
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## Contributing to the Geth website
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The Geth website is hosted separately from Geth itself. The contribution guidelines are the same. Please
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for the Geth website Github repository and raise pull requests for the maintainers to review and merge.
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## License
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The go-ethereum library (i.e. all code outside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, also included in our repository in the COPYING.LESSER file.
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The go-ethereum binaries (i.e. all code inside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0, also included in our repository in the COPYING file.
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