Requirements

Contributions to NLSR must be licensed under GPL 3.0 or compatible license. If you are choosing GPL 3.0, please use the following license boilerplate in all .hpp and .cpp files:

Include the following header in all .hpp and .cpp files:

/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
/*
 * Copyright (c) [Year(s)], [Copyright Holder(s)].
 *
 * This file is part of NLSR (Named-data Link State Routing).
 * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NLSR authors and contributors.
 *
 * NLSR is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
 * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * NLSR is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * NLSR, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

If you are affiliated with an NSF-supported NDN project institution, please use the [NDN Team License Boilerplate] (https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nlsr/wiki/NDN_Team_License_Boilerplate_(NLSR)).

Recommendations

NLSR code is subject to the code style, defined here: https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/CodeStyle

NLSR Developer's guide can be found here: https://github.com/named-data/NLSR/blob/developers-guide/NLSR-Developers-Guide.pdf