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+# Contribute
+
+This document gathers a few contributing guidelines for ipfs-cluster. We attempt to go to the point and invite the readers eager for more details
+to make themselves familiar with:
+
+* The [go-ipfs contributing guidelines](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/contribute.md) and builds upon:
+* The [IPFS Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md)
+* The [IFPS community contributing notes](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/contributing.md)
+* The [Go contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/go-contribution-guidelines.md)
+
+## General Guidelines
+
+To check what's going on in the project, check:
+
+- the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
+- the [Captain's Log](CAPTAIN.LOG.md)
+- the [Waffle board](https://waffle.io/ipfs/ipfs-cluster)
+- the [Roadmap](ROADMAP.md)
+- the [upcoming release issues](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/issues?q=label%3Arelease)
+
+
+If you need help:
+
+- open an issue
+- ask on the `#ipfs-cluster` IRC channel (Freenode)
+
+
+## Code contribution guidelines
+
+* ipfs-cluster uses the MIT license.
+* All contributions are via Pull Request, which needs a Code Review approval from one of the project collaborators.
+* Tests must pass
+* Code coverage must be stable or increase
+* We prefer meaningul branch names: `feat/`, `fix/`...
+* We prefer commit messages which reference an issue `fix #999: ...`
+* The commit message should end with the following trailers :
+
+  ```
+  License: MIT
+  Signed-off-by: User Name <email@address>
+  ```
+
+  where "User Name" is the author's real (legal) name and
+  email@address is one of the author's valid email addresses.
+
+  These trailers mean that the author agrees with the 
+  [developer certificate of origin](docs/developer-certificate-of-origin)
+  and with licensing the work under the [MIT license](docs/LICENSE).
+
+  To help you automatically add these trailers, you can run the
+  [setup_commit_msg_hook.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/community/master/dev/hooks/setup_commit_msg_hook.sh)
+  script which will setup a Git commit-msg hook that will add the above
+  trailers to all the commit messages you write.
+
+
+These are just guidelines. We are friendly people and are happy to help :)
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+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+1 Letterman Drive
+Suite D4700
+San Francisco, CA, 94129
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+    in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+    this project or the open source license(s) involved.