Axel is available at https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
If you are interested in contribute to axel development, please, follow these steps:
- Send a patch that fix an issue or that implement a new feature. Alternatively, you can do a 'pull request'1 in GitHub.
- Ask for join to the Axel project in GitHub, if you want to work officially. Note that this second step is not compulsory. However, to accept you in project, is needed a minimum previous collaboration.
To find issues and bugs to fix, you can check these addresses:
- https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=axel
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/axel/+bugs
- https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/axel/bugs
- https://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=5&cat[]=33&string=axel
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=net-misc%2Faxel
If you want to join, please make a contact.
There is a group here2 to discuss and to coordinate the development. You can also find other developers in the #axel channel on freenode.
-- Eriberto, Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:27:53 -0300, updated on Sun, 08 Sep 2017 23:27:00 -0300.
As of version 2.15, Axel adopted a new coding style, very similar to that of the Linux Kernel, with the additional requirement to insert a newline after the return type of procedure declarations.
To aid the transition for imported code, an .indent.pro file is provided in
the top level source directory. It should work with both GNU and BSD
implementations of indent, although the results may be slightly different.
Small variations are acceptable, and non-compliance in existing code, by itself, is not something to fix.
Axel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your option) any later version, as described in the COPYING file, plus an exception for linking against OpenSSL 1.x.
By submitting code for inclusion in the project you agree to license it under these terms, or more permissive ones.
Here's the wording in the header of each file licensed under GPL-2.0:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
individual source file, and distribute linked combinations including
the two.
You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all
of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do
so, delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete
this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
also delete it here.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.