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 # Contributing
 
-Hi there! We're thrilled that you'd like to contribute to this project. Your help is essential for keeping it great. This project adheres to the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](http://contributor-covenant.org/). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.
+Hi there! We're thrilled that you'd like to contribute to this project. Your help is essential for keeping it great.
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+Contributions to this project are [released](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#6-contributions-under-repository-license) to the public under the [project's open source license](LICENSE).
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+This project adheres to the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](http://contributor-covenant.org/). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.
 
 The majority of contributions won't need to touch any Ruby code at all.