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 * User documentation
   + [Contributing to Conan Center Index](contributing.md)
   + [Adding Packages to ConanCenter](how_to_add_packages.md)
+  + [Packaging policy](packaging_policy.md)
   + [Supported platforms and configurations](supported_platforms_and_configurations.md)
   + [Errors from the conan-center hook (KB-Hxxx)](error_knowledge_base.md)
   + [FAQs](faqs.md)
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+# Packaging Policy
+
+This document gathers all the relevant information regarding the general lines to follow while creating new recipes that will eventually be
+part of this repository.
+
+## Sources
+
+**Origin of sources:** Library sources should come from an official origin like the library source code repository or the official
+release/download webpage.
+
+**Building from sources:** Recipes should always build packages from library sources.
+
+**Sources not accessible:**
+
+- Library sources that are not publicly available will not be allowed in this repository even if the license allows their redistribution.
+
+- If library sources cannot be downloaded from their official origin or cannot be consumed directly due to their
+  format, the recommendation is to contact the publisher and ask them to provide the sources in a way/format that can be consumed
+  programmatically.
+
+- In case of needing those binaries to use them as a "build require" for some library, we will consider following the approach of adding it
+  as a system recipe (`<build_require>/system`) and making those binaries available in the CI machines (if the license allows it).