Devel/contributing

AUTHORS.txt

+Main authors
+====================
+
+Christian Schmitt
+Sebastian Kuckuk
+Stefan Kronawitter
+
+List of contributors
+====================
+
+Alexander Grebhahn
+Armin Größlinger
+Christoph Wollner
+Daniel Zint
+David Spitzberg
+Denis Ribica
+Ewald Flad
+Fabian Boehm
+Georg Altmann
+Hannah Rittich
+Harald Köstler
+Jonas Schmitt
+Lisa Claus
+Maik Haase
+Markus Obereisenbuchner
+Martin Zeus
+Max Gerecke
+Meike Blöcher
+Richard Angersbach
+Sara Faghih-Naini
+Thomas Lang

CONTRIBUTING.md

+# Contributing
+
+Contributions to ExaStencils are always welcome and greatly appreciated!
+
+Please only submit your contributions to the official GitLab repository in the form of a Merge Request.
+In order to get an account, please sign and submit the [contributor license agreement](#contributor-license-agreement)
+Contributions to the GitHub repository, which is a mirror of the official GitLab repository,
+will be not considered. Please do not use GitHub pull requests and do not
+send patches by E-mail.
+
+ExaStencils is an open-source code generation framework and is licensed under [GPLv3](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/exastencils/blob/master/COPYING.txt). 
+We consider the act of contributing to the code by submitting a Merge Request as the agreement to the GPL3 license.
+
+## Contributor License Agreement
+
+Contributing to ExaStencils will require a signed copy of the Chair for System
+Simulation Contributor Agreement (LSSCA). The LSSCA is an adapted version of
+the Sun/Oracle Contributor Agreement.
+
+Signing a contributor agreement is necessary for many reasons. For an overview,
+see http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/cla.
+
+You can download the [LSSCA](http://walberla.net/lss_contributor_agreement.pdf)
+and send a signed copy to us via fax (+49 9131 85-28928) or mail it to
+
+```
+Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
+Lehrstuhl für Systemsimulation (Informatik 10)
+Cauerstraße 11
+91058 Erlangen
+Germany
+```
+
+After we have received your agreement, we will create a GitLab account on
+https://i10git.cs.fau.de/ for you.
+
+Thank you for contributing!

README.md

@@ -131,13 +131,18 @@ Generating single configurations is possible by executing the generator (Compile
 
 A detailed documentation is currently work in progress.
 
+## Contributing 
+
+We always welcome and appreciate contributions to ExaStencils.
+Before contributing, please refer to our [contributing guidelines](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/exastencils/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.
+
 ## Authors
 
-The main authors are Sebastian Kuckuk, Christian Schmitt and Stefan Kronawitter. We are thankful for the work of all [contributors](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/release/blob/master/AUTHORS.txt).
+The main authors are Sebastian Kuckuk, Christian Schmitt and Stefan Kronawitter. We are thankful for the work of all [contributors](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/exastencils/-/blob/master//AUTHORS.txt).
 
 ## License
 
-The ExaStencils code generation framework is licensed under [GPLv3](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/release/blob/master/COPYING.txt).
+The ExaStencils code generation framework is licensed under [GPLv3](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/exastencils/exastencils/-/blob/master//COPYING.txt).
 
 ## Dependencies