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gnu make 3.79
automake 1.9.2
autoconf 2.58
+ gnu m4 1.4.2
+ gnu libtool 1.5
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To compile from CVS, after you have checked out the code, run:
Credit will always be given for any patches through a THANKS file in the distribution.</para>
</section>
- <section id="Newplugins"><title>New plugins</title>
+ <section id="Contributedplugins"><title>Contributed plugins</title>
+ <para>Plugins that have been contributed to the project and
+ distributed with the Nagios Plugin files are held in the contrib/ directory and are not installed
+ by default. These plugins are not officially supported by the team.
+ The current policy is that these plugins should be owned and maintained by the original
+ contributor, preferably hosted on <ulink url="http://www.nagiosexchange.org">NagiosExchange</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>If patches or bugs are raised to an contributed plugin, we will start communications with the
+ original contributor, but seek to remove the plugin from our distribution.
+ </para>
+ <para>The aim is to distribute only code that the Nagios Plugin team are responsible for.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="Newplugins"><title>New plugins</title>
<para>If you would like others to use your plugins, please add it to
the official 3rd party plugin repository,
<ulink url="http://www.nagiosexchange.org">NagiosExchange</ulink>.
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<listitem>
- <para>Include copyright and license information in all files</para>
+ <para>Include copyright and license information in all files. Copyright must be solely
+ granted to the Nagios Plugin Development Team</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The standard command options are supported (--help, --version,