MOPAC is an open source project and, as such, contributions are welcome and appreciated. The standard, minimal legal stipulations apply: all contributions must be provided under the Apache 2.0 license and all contributors must agree to the DCO by using their real name and a valid email address in their git commit statements.
Please create a GitHub Issue for bug reports and feature requests.
The preferred method of code contribution is to fork the project on GitHub, make your changes in a feature branch starting from the main branch, and then create a pull request.
Open pull requests are also welcome, where a pull request is made before a contribution is ready to be merged, to open up an active dialogue between the core developers and the contributor about details of the contribution in development. This mode of operation is particularly useful when a pull request is linked with an issue articulating a problem that the pull request intends to solve.
The Hugo-based website can be deployed from a fork by setting the build and deployment source to GitHub Actions in the Pages section of the repository Settings. The website rebuilds on push or trigger.
Most of the MOPAC website content is contained in the old manual and reference data webpages that were originally developed with Microsoft Frontpages or custom DOS scripts. Some of this information is out of date, and it is all embedded directly in static HTML rather than a modern format that separates content from style.
The two long-term goals of MOPAC website development are to update old information and move content into the Hugo-based website. Contributions to these goals are welcome.
The non-Hugo web content is located in the static folder, a separate manual repository, and a separate reference data repository.
Contributors to MOPAC are assumed to agree with the Linux Foundation's Developer Certificate of Origin <https://developercertificate.org/>:
Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.