lcov: Added contribution guidelines

Author: Peter Oberparleiter

CONTRIBUTING

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+Contributing to LCOV
+====================
+
+Please read this document if you would like to help improving the LTP GCOV
+extension (LCOV). In general, all types of contributions are welcome, for
+example:
+
+ * Fixes for code or documentation
+ * Performance and compatibility improvements
+ * Functional enhancements
+
+There are some rules that these contributions must follow to be acceptable for
+inclusion:
+
+ 1. The contribution must align with the project goals of LCOV.
+ 2. The contribution must follow a particular format.
+ 3. The contribution must be signed.
+
+Once you have made sure that your contribution follows these rules, send it via
+e-mail to the LTP coverage mailing list [1].
+
+
+Signing your work
+=================
+
+All contributions to LCOV must be signed by putting the following line at the
+end of the explanation of a patch:
+
+  Signed-off-by: Your Name <[email protected]>
+
+By signing a patch, you certify the following:
+
+  By making a contribution to the LTP GCOV extension (LCOV) on
+  http://ltp.sourceforge.net, I certify that:
+
+  a) The contribution was created by me and I have the right to submit it
+     under the terms and conditions of the open source license
+     "GNU General Public License, version 2 or later".
+     (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html).
+
+  b) The contribution is made free of any other party's intellectual property
+     claims or rights.
+
+  c) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public
+     and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information
+     I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and
+     may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source
+     license(s) involved.
+
+
+Project goals
+=============
+
+The goal of LCOV is to provide a set of command line tools that can be used to
+collect, process and visualize code coverage data as produced by the gcov tool
+that is part of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) [2].
+
+If you have an idea for a contribution but are unsure if it aligns with the
+project goals, feel free to discuss the idea on the LTP coverage mailing
+list [1].
+
+
+Contribution format
+===================
+
+To contribute a change, please create a patch using the diff utility with the
+following command line options:
+
+  diff -Naurp
+
+Please base your changes on the most current version of LCOV. You can use the
+following command line to obtain this version from the "utils" module of the
+LTP CVS repository (when asked for a password, simply press return):
+
+  cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/ltp login
+  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/ltp co -P utils
+
+You can find LCOV in sub-directory "utils/analysis/lcov".
+
+Add a meaningful description of the contribution to the top of the patch. The
+description should follow this format:
+
+  component: short description
+
+  detailed description
+
+  Signed-off-by: Your Name <[email protected]>
+
+With your Signed-off-by, you certify the rules stated in section
+"Signing your work".
+
+
+-- 
+
+[1] [email protected]
+[2] http://gcc.gnu.org