emacs-27 dcc00bb: ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the "15-lines" rule a bit more.

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-27
commit dcc00bbb1989b27c49442422e7fbaf8c3f6415cb
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the "15-lines" rule a bit more.
---
 CONTRIBUTE | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 125c183..9f0d9e7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ error-prone.  It also allows sending patches whose author 
is someone
 other than the email sender.
 
 Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 15 lines
-of non-trivial code, we will need you to assign to the FSF the
-copyright for your contributions.  Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we
-will send you the necessary form together with the instructions to
-fill and email it, in order to start this legal paperwork.
+of non-trivial code you added or changed (not counting deleted lines),
+we will need you to assign to the FSF the copyright for your
+contributions.  Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we will send you the
+necessary form together with the instructions to fill and email it, in
+order to start this legal paperwork.
 
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