CONTRIBUTING: reword "novel contributions" to "new contributions"

The meaning of "novel" and "new" here is the same, but "novel" als
has a meaning related to patents. So avoid that confusion.
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Thomas Haller 2019-06-24 09:27:03 +02:00
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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ version 2 or later (LGPL-2.0+). That is for example the case for libnm.
For historical reasons, the daemon itself is licensed under terms of GNU General
Public License, version 2 or later (GPL-2.0+). See the license comment in the source
files.
Note that all novel contributions to NetworkManager MUST be made under terms of
Note that all new contributions to NetworkManager MUST be made under terms of
LGPL-2.0+, that is also the case for parts that are currently licensed GPL-2.0+.
The reason for that is that we might eventually relicense everything as LGPL and
new contributions already must agree with that future change.