# Contribute to OVITO

Thank you for your interest in contributing to OVITO.
By submitting code you agree to the [contributor license agreement (CLA)](doc/develop/contributor_license_agreement.md).

The CLA allows us to offer OVITO under a license other than the GNU General Public License in the future, possibily in exchange for money. 
This may one day help us fund the development of the code using a dual licensing model.
For the time being, all original code of OVITO, and that includes any of your contributions you make now, are made available 
under the GNU General Public License (v3).