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-Submitting Patches
+## Submitting Patches ##
 ------------------
 Our ROM is open source, and patches are always welcome!
 You can send patches by using these commands:
@@ -19,7 +19,38 @@ use git commit --amend. Gerrit will recognize it as a new patchset.
 To view the status of your and others patches, visit [OMNI ROM Code Review](https://gerrit.omnirom.org)
 
 
-Getting Started
+## Maintaining Authorship ##
+----------------------
+Mainting authorship is a very important aspect of working with Open Source code. If you wish to submit a patch/fix
+from anywhere else (another ROM, project, etc.), it is imperative that you maintain the ownership of the person whose
+work you're seeking to include. Doing so will ensure that credit is given where it is deserved, and the [prinicples of open source](http://opensource.org/docs/osd)
+are upheld. Your contribution to the project will still be recognized as you will forever be listed as the committer.
+
+If you manually cherry pick a patch/fix then you will need to add the original author prior to pushing to our [gerrit](https://gerrit.omnirom.org).
+This is a very easy task to perform, and is usually done after you commit a patch/fix locally. This is accomplished
+after you type in `git commit -a` , type in the commit message and save. You would then do the following:
+
+```bash
+git commit --amend --author "Author <email@address.com>"
+```
+
+So it should look like this once you get all of the author's information
+
+```bash
+git commit --amend --author "Spencer McGillicuddy <spencer.the.bestest@gmail.com>"
+```
+
+Alternatively, adding as part of the original `git commit` message is preferred and done like the following:
+
+```bash
+git commit --author="Author <email@address.com>" -m "[commit message]"
+```
+
+This saves time, and when part of your normal routine, prevents the infamous "ermahgerd I forgot to add authorship -
+let me fix it because I was found out!" message.
+
+
+## Getting Started ##
 ---------------
 
 To get started with OMNI ROM, you'll need to get
@@ -45,4 +76,3 @@ Our official IRC Channels are hosted on Freenode:
 [#omnirom - USERS](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=omnirom/)
 
 [#omni - DEVELOPERS](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=omni/)
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