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Add clean-room policy to CONTRIBUTING.md - #45

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Add clean-room policy to CONTRIBUTING.md#45
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Docs-only. Adds a "Clean-room policy (legal ground rules)" section to CONTRIBUTING.md so the project's legal-safety rules bind future contributions, not just maintainer practice:

  • no copying/paraphrasing of MicroPro/WordStar documentation text
  • no disassembled/decompiled binaries or original source as an implementation reference; acceptable sources listed (public docs, own testing, own design)
  • .ws format work framed as interoperability engineering
  • no implied affiliation/endorsement anywhere
  • keep/add SPDX AGPL-3.0-only headers on source files
  • stop and open an issue if a feature would require proprietary material

Also adds the matching CHANGELOG bullet under 1.0.4.

Contributor-facing version of the project's legal-safety rules: no
MicroPro documentation text, no disassembled/original source as an
implementation reference, interoperability framing for .ws format
work, no implied affiliation, SPDX headers on new source files.
@DDecoene DDecoene added this to the v1.0.4 milestone Jul 5, 2026
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DDecoene merged commit 046f625 into release/v1.0.4 Jul 5, 2026
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DDecoene deleted the feature/contributing-legal-rules branch July 5, 2026 19:11
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