@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Anyone wanting to contribute code to ZMK _must_ read this, and adhere to the ste
ZMK Firmware is a [clean room design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design) keyboard firmware, that
ZMK Firmware is a [clean room design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design) keyboard firmware, that
borrows/implements a lot of the features found in popular keyboard firmwares projects like [QMK](https://qmk.fm)
borrows/implements a lot of the features found in popular keyboard firmwares projects like [QMK](https://qmk.fm)
and [TMK](https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard). However, in order for ZMK to use the Apache 2.0, it _must_ not
and [TMK](https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard). However, in order for ZMK to use the MIT, it _must_ not
incorporate any of the GPL licensed code from those projects.
incorporate any of the GPL licensed code from those projects.
In order to achieve this, all code for ZMK has been implemented completely fresh, _without_ referencing, copying,
In order to achieve this, all code for ZMK has been implemented completely fresh, _without_ referencing, copying,
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ or duplicating any of the GPL code found in those other projects, even though th
Contributors to ZMK must adhere to the following standard.
Contributors to ZMK must adhere to the following standard.
- Implementations of features for ZMK _MUST_ not reuse any existing code from any projects not licensed with the Apache 2.0 license.
- Implementations of features for ZMK _MUST_ not reuse any existing code from any projects not licensed with the MIT license.
- Contributors _MUST_ not study or refer to any GPL licensed source code while working on ZMK.
- Contributors _MUST_ not study or refer to any GPL licensed source code while working on ZMK.
- Contributors _MAY_ read the documentation from other GPL licensed projects, to gain a broad understanding of the behavior of certain features in order to implement equivalent features for ZMK.
- Contributors _MAY_ read the documentation from other GPL licensed projects, to gain a broad understanding of the behavior of certain features in order to implement equivalent features for ZMK.
- Contributors _MAY_ refer to the [QMK Configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/) to inspect existing layouts/keymaps for
- Contributors _MAY_ refer to the [QMK Configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/) to inspect existing layouts/keymaps for