diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ The FreeCAD Contribution Process is expressed here with the following specific g
 2. All contributions to FreeCAD MUST use a compatible license.
 3. All contributions are owned by their authors unless assigned to another.
 4. FreeCAD does not have a mandatory copyright assignment policy.
-5. A Contributor who wishes to be identified in the Credits section of the application "About" dialog is responsible for identifying themselves. They should modify the Contributors file and submit a PR with a single commit for this modification only. The contributors file is found at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS 
+5. A Contributor who wishes to be identified in the Credits section of the application "About" dialog is responsible for identifying themselves. They should modify the Contributors file and submit a PR with a single commit for this modification only. The contributors file is found at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS
+6. A contributor who does not wish to assume the copyright of their contribution MAY choose to assign it to the [FreeCAD project association](https://fpa.freecad.org) by mentioning **Copyright (c) 2022 The FreeCAD project association <fpa@freecad.org>** in the file's license code block.
 
 ## 5. Contribution Requirements