# Contributing to SOEM/SOES

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to SOEM/SOES! :+1:

The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to SOEM/SOES. (These are just guidelines, not rules, use your best judgment.)


## Contributor License Agreement

If you want to contribute to SOEM or SOES you will need to sign a 
Contributor License Agreement and send it to us either by e-mail or by physical mail.
More information is available in this [PDF](https://openethercatsociety.github.io/cla/cla_soem_soes.pdf).



## Commits and commit messages

 * Squash your commits into logical units of work
 * Use the present tense ("Add feature" not "Added feature")
 * Use the imperative mood ("Read register..." not "Reads register...")
 * Limit the first line to 72 characters or less
 * Reference issues and pull requests if possible