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+# Contributor Code of Conduct
+
+As contributors and maintainers of this project,
+and in the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community,
+we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting issues,
+posting feature requests, updating documentation,
+submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
+
+We are committed to making participation in this project
+a harassment-free experience for everyone,
+regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression,
+sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance,
+body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or nationality.
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery
+* Personal attacks
+* Trolling or insulting/derogatory comments
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing other's private information,
+such as physical or electronic
+addresses, without explicit permission
+* Other unethical or unprofessional conduct.
+
+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.
+By adopting this Code of Conduct,
+project maintainers commit themselves to fairly and consistently
+applying these principles to every aspect of managing this project.
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct
+may be permanently removed from the project team.
+
+This code of conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community.
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior
+may be reported by opening an issue
+or contacting one or more of the project maintainers.
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org), version 1.2.0,
+available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/2/0/](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/2/0/)