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+## Contribution Guidelines
+
+### Security issues
+
+If you are reporting a security issue, do not create an issue or file a pull
+request on GitHub. Instead, disclose the issue responsibly by sending an email
+to security@opencontainers.org (which is inhabited only by the maintainers of
+the various OCI projects).
+
+### Pull requests are always welcome
+
+We are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to
+process them as fast as possible. Not sure if that typo is worth a pull
+request? Do it! We will appreciate it.
+
+If your pull request is not accepted on the first try, don't be
+discouraged! If there's a problem with the implementation, hopefully you
+received feedback on what to improve.
+
+We're trying very hard to keep the project lean and focused. We don't want it
+to do everything for everybody. This means that we might decide against
+incorporating a new feature.
+
+
+### Conventions
+
+Fork the repo and make changes on your fork in a feature branch.
+For larger bugs and enhancements, consider filing a leader issue or mailing-list thread for discussion that is independent of the implementation.
+Small changes or changes that have been discussed on the project mailing list may be submitted without a leader issue.
+
+If the project has a test suite, submit unit tests for your changes. Take a
+look at existing tests for inspiration. Run the full test suite on your branch
+before submitting a pull request.
+
+Update the documentation when creating or modifying features. Test
+your documentation changes for clarity, concision, and correctness, as
+well as a clean documentation build. See ``docs/README.md`` for more
+information on building the docs and how docs get released.
+
+Write clean code. Universally formatted code promotes ease of writing, reading,
+and maintenance. Always run `gofmt -s -w file.go` on each changed file before
+committing your changes. Most editors have plugins that do this automatically.
+
+Pull requests descriptions should be as clear as possible and include a
+reference to all the issues that they address.
+
+Commit messages must start with a capitalized and short summary
+written in the imperative, followed by an optional, more detailed
+explanatory text which is separated from the summary by an empty line.
+
+Code review comments may be added to your pull request. Discuss, then make the
+suggested modifications and push additional commits to your feature branch. Be
+sure to post a comment after pushing. The new commits will show up in the pull
+request automatically, but the reviewers will not be notified unless you
+comment.
+
+Before the pull request is merged, make sure that you squash your commits into
+logical units of work using `git rebase -i` and `git push -f`. After every
+commit the test suite (if any) should be passing. Include documentation changes
+in the same commit so that a revert would remove all traces of the feature or
+fix.
+
+Commits that fix or close an issue should include a reference like `Closes #XXX`
+or `Fixes #XXX`, which will automatically close the issue when merged.
+
+### Sign your work
+
+The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
+patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
+pass it on as an open-source patch.  The rules are pretty simple: if you
+can certify the below (from
+[developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)):
+
+```
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+660 York Street, Suite 102,
+San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
+
+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.
+```
+
+then you just add a line to every git commit message:
+
+    Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe@gmail.com>
+
+using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
+
+You can add the sign off when creating the git commit via `git commit -s`.