..
      Copyright 2012 New Dream Network, LLC (DreamHost)

      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
      not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
      a copy of the License at

          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
      WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
      License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
      under the License.

.. _user:

=====================
 Joining the Project
=====================

Contributor License Agreement
=============================

.. index::
   single: license; agreement

In order to contribute to the ceilometer project, you need to have
signed OpenStack's contributor's agreement.

.. seealso::

   * http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute
   * http://wiki.openstack.org/CLA

LaunchPad Project
=================

Most of the tools used for OpenStack depend on a launchpad.net ID for
authentication. After signing up for a launchpad account, join the
"openstack" team to have access to the mailing list and receive
notifications of important events.

.. seealso::

   * http://launchpad.net
   * http://launchpad.net/ceilometer
   * http://launchpad.net/~openstack
