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+# Contributing
+
+By contributing you agree to the [LICENSE](LICENSE) of this repository.
+
+By contributing you agree to respect the [Code of Conduct](http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/) of this repository.
+
+
+## Issue Tracker
+
+- before submitting a new issue, please:
+
+    - check for existing related issues
+
+    - check the issue tracker for a specific upstream project that may be more appropriate
+
+    - check against supported versions of this project (i.e. the latest)
+
+- please comment with a "+1" to help vote for issues that are important to you
+
+- please DO NOT comment with a "+1", use the Subscribe button instead
+
+- please keep discussions on-topic, and respect the opinions of others
+
+- please report urgent issues, or issues with confidential details, via our commercial support channels
+
+
+### Security Vulnerabilities
+
+- please contact us privately to discuss security vulnerabilities as part of our [responsible disclosure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_disclosure) approach
+
+
+### Bug Reports
+
+- please report bugs in the issue tracker
+
+- ideally provide a [reduced test case](https://css-tricks.com/reduced-test-cases/) and a live example on http://codepen.io/ , http://jsbin.com/ , https://jsfiddle.net/ , or similar
+
+- please provide detailed steps to reproduce
+
+
+### Feature Requests
+
+- please suggest new features and improvements in the issue tracker
+
+- suggestions for new features and improvements belong in Get Satisfaction
+
+
+### Personal Support Requests
+
+- requests for help are welcome in the issue tracker
+
+- requests for help belong on Stack Overflow, Gitter, Slack or IRC
+
+- please submit requests for help via our commercial support channels
+
+- requests for help in the issue tracker receive lower priority than commercial support requests
+
+
+## Pull Requests / Merge Requests
+
+- please explicitly sign our Contributor License Agreement before submitting code for review and inclusion
+
+- by submitting code for review and inclusion, we assume you have read and agree to our Contributor License Agreement
+
+- **IMPORTANT**: by submitting a patch, you agree to allow the project owners to license your work under our this [LICENSE](LICENSE)
+
+- please do not submit code for review and inclusion here
+
+- provide tests for all features or bug fixes
+
+- provide documentation for all public API methods
+
+- Pull / Merge Request descriptions should include a change summary that matches the [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/) format
+
+- this project uses the [Git Flow](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) branching scheme, so changes should target the "develop" branch
+
+- this project uses the [GitHub Flow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/) branching scheme, so changes should target the "master" branch
+
+- this project uses the [GitLab Flow](https://about.gitlab.com/2014/09/29/gitlab-flow/) branching scheme, so changes should target the "master" branch
+
+- this project uses Atlassian's [Simple Git](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/01/simple-git-workflow-simple/) branching scheme, so changes should target the "master" branch
+
+- please squash your commits if there is more than one
+
+- feel free to submit un-squashed commits provided tests pass for all commits
+
+- feel free to submit un-squashed commits
+
+
+## Code Style and Code Quality
+
+- adhere to our code style guides
+
+- Python
+  - http://wiki.ros.org/CppStyleGuide
+-Django
+  - https://docs.djangoproject.com/es/1.9/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style/
+
+## Version Control
+
+- this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/)
+
+    - ideally, highlight when work would change the API surface in ways that break compatibility with existing consumers
+
+- compose meaningful version control comments: http://alistapart.com/article/the-art-of-the-commit
+
+
+## Development
+
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+__coming soon__
+
+
+### Getting Started
+
+__coming soon__