CONTRIBUTING.md

Thanks for contributing! There are two ways to submit changes:

• The Prose.io model (easiest when you're just making text changes)
• The fork-and-pull model (for content and technical contributions)

The Prose.io model

1. Navigate to http://www.prose.io.
2. Authorize prose.io to access your GitHub account.
3. Navigate to http://prose.io/#18F/API-All-the-X/tree/gh-pages/pages.
4. Click on the page you would like to edit. For example, if you want to make a change to the "benefits_of_apis" page on the site (http://18f.github.io/API-All-the-X/pages/benefits_of_apis), you would click on "benefits_of_apis.md".
5. Make your edits, then click the floppy disk icon when you're done.
   • A dialog will appear to describe the changes and to submit a change request.
6. Describe your changes, then click the "Submit Change Request" button.
   • This should do two things:
     1. Fork the repository to your account
     2. Create a pull request
7. We'll review your pull request and merge it if your changes are acceptable. Otherwise, we'll request additional changes from you.

The fork-and-pull model:

1. Fork this repository to your personal account.
2. Run the site on your computer.
3. Create a branch and make your changes.
4. Test the changes locally/in your personal fork.
5. Submit a pull request to open a discussion about your proposed changes.
6. We'll review your pull request and merge it if your changes are acceptable. Otherwise, we'll request additional changes from you.

Public domain

The project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.

All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.