# Contributing
New Contributors and new Members are always welcome!
Although membership is not required, most Contributors are [members](https://openhwfoundation.org/membership/become-a-member/)
of the OpenHW Foundation and participate in one or more of our [Projects](https://openhwfoundation.org/projects/).

## Contributor Agreement
Contributors **must** be covered by the terms of the [Eclipse Contributor Agreement](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php)
(for individuals) **or** the [Eclipse Member Committer and Contributor Agreement](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/committer_process/EclipseMemberCommitterAgreement.pdf)
(for employees of Member companies). The ECA/MCCA provides a legal
framework for a Contributor's technical contributions to the OpenHW Foundation,
including provisions for grant of copyright license and a Developer
Certificate of Origin on contributions merged into OpenHW Foundation repositories.

## Getting Started
The [OpenHW Work Flow](https://github.com/openhwgroup/programs/blob/5fa810bf16d25cf32c7eca58be084975bec38f96/TGs/verification-task-group/documents/presentations/OpenHWGroup_WorkFlow.pdf)
document is recommended reading.

## The Mechanics
1. From GitHub: [fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) the [cve2](https://github.com/openhwgroup/cve2) repository
2. Clone repository: `git clone https://github.com/[your_github_username]/cve2`
3. Create your feature branch: `git checkout -b <my_branch>.`<br> Please uniquify your branch name.  See the [Git Cheats](https://github.com/openhwgroup/core-v-verif/blob/master/GitCheats.md)
for a useful nomenclature.
4. Make your edits...
5. Commit your changes: `git commit -m 'Add some feature' -s`
6. Push feature branch: `git push origin <my_branch>`
7. From GitHub: submit a pull request