Does the Ptolemy project take software contributions?
Yes, the Ptolemy project has a long history of folding in software contributions from off site developers. The most critical issue is that it is easiest if the copyright of any contributed code uses the same wording as the standard Ptolemy II copyright. It is best if the Regents of the University of California retain the copyright, but it is acceptable if the someone else retains the copyright. The second most critical issue is that the code follow the Ptolemy coding convention. Since we consider software releases a form of publication, we expect code to be readable, which means that comments have complete sentences, identifiers are complete words with embedded capitalization and the source code has been spell checked. For details see the Ptolemy II coding style guide in $PTII/ptolemy/doc/coding/style.htm and in the first few chapters of the Ptolemy II Design Document. It is best if contributed code has a few small, concise examples illustrating its use, and includes models that can be
