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Contributing
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. Participation covers any forum used to converse about CircuitPython including unofficial and official spaces. Failure to do so will result in corrective actions such as time out or ban from the project.
Developer contact
@tannewt is the main developer of CircuitPython and is sponsored by Adafruit Industries LLC. He is reachable on Discord as tannewt and Gitter as tannewt during US West Coast working hours. He also checks GitHub issues and the Adafruit support forum.
Licensing
By contributing to this repository you are certifying that you have all necessary permissions to license the code under an MIT License. You still retain the copyright but are granting many permissions under the MIT License.
If you have an employment contract with your employer please make sure that they don't automatically own your work product. Make sure to get any necessary approvals before contributing. Another term for this contribution off-hours is moonlighting.
Code guidelines
We aim to keep our code and commit style compatible with MicroPython upstream. Please review their code conventions to do so. Familiarity with their design philosophy is also useful though not always applicable to CircuitPython.
Furthermore, CircuitPython has a design guide that covers a variety of different topics. Please read it as well.