= Contributor Agreement =

Before any code contribution can be incorporated into Launchpad, the developer must send in a [[http://www.canonical.com/contributors|Contributor Agreement]]: an email form that gives Canonical the legal rights it needs to incorporate and deploy the new code.  Naturally, the contributor retains full rights to re-use, distribute, and continue modifying the contributed code.

The process is extremely easy, and you only have to do it once.  The [[http://www.canonical.com/contributors|Contributor Agreement page]] explains it in more detail.