Sandboxie/CONTRIBUTING.md

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# Contributing to the Sandboxie project
- [Monetary contributions](#monetary-contributions)
- [Non-monetary contributions](#non-monetary-contributions)
- [How to help with Sandboxie issues?](#how-to-help-with-sandboxie-issues)
## Monetary contributions
1. Get a [supporter certificate](https://sandboxie-plus.com/go.php?to=sbie-get-cert) <br>
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A supporter certificate is like a license key and enables the use of new supporter exclusive features, like [Privacy Mode](https://sandboxie-plus.com/privacy-mode/) or [Application Compartment](https://sandboxie-plus.com/compartment-mode/) sandboxes. See the [Feature Comparison](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/sandboxie-docs/blob/main/Content/FeatureComparison.md) for more details and certificate options. <br>
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2. Get a [Patreon subscription](https://www.patreon.com/DavidXanatos) <br>
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Patreon certificates are valid for as long as the subscription is active and unlock all features. Patreons who have ended their subscription are entitled to a residual certificate corresponding to the total amount of their support. See also [how to renew a Patreon supporter certificate](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/2144).
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3. Donate with [PayPal](https://sandboxie-plus.com/go.php?to=donate)
4. Donate with cryptocurrencies <br>
In order to arrange custom payments with cryptocurrencies, please get in touch by [email](https://xanasoft.com/contact/).
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**In case of licensing issues, please get in touch by [email](https://xanasoft.com/contact/) with the full name and order ID.**
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## Non-monetary contributions
Contributor certificates do not expire (regardless of how many PCs you own) and are available to all people who open meaningful [pull requests](https://docs.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request) or provide continued support to the [Sandboxie-docs](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/sandboxie-docs) / [Sandboxie](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie) repositories.
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For example:
1. You could add a new Sandboxie Plus translation for the language of your country, see also [Localization notes and tips](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions/1123#discussioncomment-1203489).
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2. You could help to keep updated our [Sandboxie-docs repository](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/sandboxie-docs) by providing a number of meaningful changes. More volunteers are needed to keep it constantly updated with the new introduced settings mentioned in the [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) file.
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3. You could provide new code changes that fix a specific Sandboxie functionality or introducing a new one.
4. You could offer your availability to become a [collaborator](https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-personal-account-settings/permission-levels-for-a-personal-account-repository#collaborator-access-for-a-repository-owned-by-a-personal-account) in the [Sandboxie-docs](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/sandboxie-docs) / [Sandboxie](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie) repositories (after proving your continued support with open issues and/or sufficient skills to manage pull requests).
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If you are willing to become a new contributor or collaborator, please get in touch by [email](https://xanasoft.com/contact/) for further details.
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## How to help with Sandboxie issues?
We encourage the developers and community to conduct research, report issues, and suggest improvements on this code base.
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However, please do not report security vulnerabilities in public comments. A [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) file is available with instructions on responsibly reporting security vulnerabilities.
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You may also want to follow the following topics:
- [The least strict sandboxing rules](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/1515#issuecomment-1006408988)
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- [How to perform trace logs in Sandboxie Plus](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/1208#issuecomment-1200170825)
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- [How to save Sandboxie messages as a log file](https://sandboxie-plus.github.io/sandboxie-docs/Content/MessagesFromSandboxie.html#log-messages-to-a-file)
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- [How to enable the Debug tab in Sandboxie Plus](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/2134#issuecomment-1215466315)
- [Useful tools for Sandboxie](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie#-useful-tools-for-sandboxie)
- [Procmon traces to track file and registry access](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/1679#issuecomment-1065760921)
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- [Reporting issues to third-party vendors in case of evident conflicts](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/2025#issuecomment-1200110235)
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- Check out the new introduced features in the [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) file <br> (a good way to highlight them is a simple search of the `=` sign in your browser)
- Check out whether the problem has already been reported:
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<br> - in the [Issues](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues) section of this repository (grouped into [labels](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/labels) for easier searching)
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<br> - in the [Discussions](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions) section of this repository
<br> - in the [Issues](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/sandboxie-docs/issues) section of the Sandboxie-docs repository
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<br> - in the cached copy of the old Sandboxie forum: `site:https://sandboxie-website-archive.github.io/www.sandboxie.com/old-forums/`
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<br> - in the other [support channels](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions/1768)