[Nagiosplug-checkins] CVS: nagiosplug/doc developer-guidelines.sgml,1.15,1.16

[Ton Voon]

Update of /cvsroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/doc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv3655

Modified Files:
	developer-guidelines.sgml 
Log Message:
Copyright information for patches


Index: developer-guidelines.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml,v
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retrieving revision 1.16
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*** developer-guidelines.sgml	8 Mar 2004 21:01:24 -0000	1.15
--- developer-guidelines.sgml	17 Mar 2004 20:38:31 -0000	1.16
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*** 1,3 ****
! <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
  <book>
    <title>Nagios Plug-in Developer Guidelines</title>
--- 1,3 ----
! <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" >
  <book>
    <title>Nagios Plug-in Developer Guidelines</title>
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*** 150,166 ****
  				<tbody>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>0</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Single line, minimal output. Summary</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>1</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Single line, additional information (eg list processes that fail)</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>2</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Multi line, configuration debug output (eg ps command used)</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>3</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Lots of detail for plugin problem diagnosis</para></entry>
  					</row>
--- 150,166 ----
  				<tbody>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>0</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Single line, minimal output. Summary</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>1</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Single line, additional information (eg list processes that fail)</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>2</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Multi line, configuration debug output (eg ps command used)</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>3</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Lots of detail for plugin problem diagnosis</para></entry>
  					</row>
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*** 210,221 ****
  				<tbody>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>0</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign=middle><para>OK</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin was able to check the service and it 
  						appeared to be functioning properly</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>1</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign=middle><para>Warning</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin was able to check the service, but it 
  						appeared to be above some "warning" threshold or did not appear 
--- 210,221 ----
  				<tbody>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>0</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign="middle"><para>OK</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin was able to check the service and it 
  						appeared to be functioning properly</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>1</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign="middle"><para>Warning</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin was able to check the service, but it 
  						appeared to be above some "warning" threshold or did not appear 
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*** 223,234 ****
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>2</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign=middle><para>Critical</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin detected that either the service was not 
  						running or it was above some "critical" threshold</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align=center><para>3</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign=middle><para>Unknown</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Invalid command line arguments were supplied to the 
  						plugin or the plugin was unable to check the status of the given 
--- 223,234 ----
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>2</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign="middle"><para>Critical</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>The plugin detected that either the service was not 
  						running or it was above some "critical" threshold</para></entry>
  					</row>
  					<row>
! 						<entry align="center"><para>3</para></entry>
! 						<entry valign="middle"><para>Unknown</para></entry>
  						<entry><para>Invalid command line arguments were supplied to the 
  						plugin or the plugin was unable to check the status of the given 
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*** 255,259 ****
  		<para>Notes:</para>
  		<orderedlist>
! 		<listitem><para>start < end</para>
  			</listitem>
  		<listitem><para>start and ":" is not required if start=0</para>
--- 255,259 ----
  		<para>Notes:</para>
  		<orderedlist>
! 		<listitem><para>start > end></para>
  			</listitem>
  		<listitem><para>start and ":" is not required if start=0</para>
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*** 422,426 ****
  	  		</listitem>
  			
! 			<listitem><para>Do not use < DATA > (these simply do not compile under ePN).</para>
  	   		</listitem>
  
--- 422,426 ----
  	  		</listitem>
  			
! 			<listitem><para>Do not use > DATA < (these simply do not compile under ePN).</para>
  	   		</listitem>
  
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*** 430,434 ****
  			<listitem><para>If writing to a file (perhaps recording
  			performance data) explicitly close close it.  The plugin never
! 			calls <emphasis role=strong>exit</emphasis>; that is caught by
  			p1.pl, so output streams are never closed.</para>
  			</listitem>
--- 430,434 ----
  			<listitem><para>If writing to a file (perhaps recording
  			performance data) explicitly close close it.  The plugin never
! 			calls <emphasis role="strong">exit</emphasis>; that is caught by
  			p1.pl, so output streams are never closed.</para>
  			</listitem>
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*** 650,653 ****
--- 650,660 ----
  	tracker system for Nagiosplug patches</ulink> 
  	and be announced to the nagiosplug-devel mailing list.</para>
+ 
+ 	<para>Submission of a patch implies that the submmitter acknowledges that they
+ 	are the author of the code (or have permission from the author to release the code)
+ 	and agree that the code can be released under the GPL. The copyright for the changes will 
+ 	then revert to the Nagios Plugin Development Team - this is required so that any copyright 
+ 	infringements can be investigated quickly without contacting a huge list of copyright holders.
+ 	Credit will always be given for any patches through a THANKS file in the distribution.</para>
  	</section>