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+# Contributor Code of Conduct
+
+Always be nice. When communicating online treat people the way you would if
+they were standing next to you. The project maintainers have the right and
+responsibility to maintain that standard of niceness, and you should contact
+them if it is not upheld.  Don't forget to be nice whenever representing the
+project to others outside the project.  If you are not nice, apologize. 
+