# How to become a contributor and submit your own code

## Contributor License Agreements

We'd love to accept your patches! Before we can take them, we have to jump a couple of legal hurdles.

Please fill out either the individual or corporate Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

  * If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual CLA](http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html).
  * If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work, then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA](http://code.google.com/legal/corporate-cla-v1.0.html).

Follow either of the two links above to access the appropriate CLA and instructions for how to sign and return it. Once we receive it, we'll be able to accept your pull requests.

## Contributing A Patch

1. Submit an issue describing your proposed change to the repo in question.
1. The repo owner will respond to your issue promptly.
1. If your proposed change is accepted, and you haven't already done so, sign a Contributor License Agreement (see details above).
1. Fork the desired repo, develop and test your code changes.
1. Submit a pull request.

## Protocols for Collaborative Development

Please read [this doc](docs/devel/collab.md) for information on how we're running development for the project.
Also take a look at the [development guide](docs/devel/development.md) for information on how to set up your environment, run tests, manage dependencies, etc.

## Adding dependencies

If your patch depends on new packages, add that package with [`godep`](https://github.com/tools/godep).  Follow the [instructions to add a dependency](docs/devel/development.md#godep-and-dependency-management).
