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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
+level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+ advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+ address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+ professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the project team at info@cartesi.io. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
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+# Contributing to Cartesi
+
+Thank you for your interest in Cartesi! We highly appreciate even the smallest of fixes or additions to our project.
+
+Make sure to review our [Contributing License Agreement](https://forms.gle/k3E9ZNkZY6Vy3mkK9), 
+sign and send it to info@cartesi.io with the title of "CLA Signed" before taking part in the project. We are happy to automate 
+this for you via DocuSign upon request in the Google Form as well.
+
+## Basic Contributing Guidelines
+
+We use the same guidelines for contributing code to any of our repositories, any developers wanting to contribute to Cartesi 
+must create pull requests. This process is described in the [GitHub documentation](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-pull-request). Each pull request should be started against the master branch 
+in the respective Cartesi repository. After a pull request is submitted the Cartesi team will review the submission and 
+give feedback via the comments section of the pull request. After the submission is reviewed and approved, it will be merged 
+into the master branch of the source. 
+
+Please note the below! We appreciate everyone following the guidelines.
+
+* No --force pushes or modifying the Git history in any way;
+* Use non-master branches, using a short meaningful description, with words separated by dash (e.g. 'fix-this-bug');
+* All modifications must be made in a pull-request to solicit feedback from other contributors.
+
+## Get in Touch
+
+When contributing in a deeper manner to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via our 
+[Discord channel here](https://discord.gg/Pt2NrnS), or contact us at info@cartesi.io email before working on the change.
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