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If you find an issue, please follow the [security][security] protocol to report it.

## Guidelines

* [Copyright Notices](./guidelines/copyright.md)

## Meeting Minutes

* [April 6th, 2020](https://hackmd.io/kKl1ECKnSLWhgk7dZ2WUFQ)
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# OCI Copyright Guidelines

OCI projects are under the LF umbrella which provides their own [best practices for copyright notices](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/copyright-notices-in-open-source-software-projects).
Applying these guidelines to OCI projects, the following text should be included as a comment at the top of all software files:

> Copyright the Open Container Initiative Contributors.

Software copied from third parties should include the original copyright headers.
The copyright notice should be included along with the appropriate license notice.
The full text for Apache 2.0 licensed projects is:

> Copyright the Open Container Initiative Contributors.
>
> 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.