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Add CONTRIBUTING file.

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# How to Contribute
We love Pull Requests! Your contributions help make ChooseALicense.com great.
## Getting Started
So you want to contribute to ChooseALicense. Great! We welcome any help we can
get. But first, please make sure you understand what
[this site is all about](http://choosealicense.com/about).
Its not a comprehensive list of all possible licenses.
If you understand the goals of this site and still want to suggest a change,
please:
* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free)
* Submit a ticket for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
* Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
* Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
## Making Changes
The easiest way to make a change is to simply edit a file from your browser.
When you click the edit button, it will fork the repository under your account.
Note what issue/issues your patch fixes in the commit message.
For example, to [change this file](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md),
find it in the GitHub repository. Then click the `Edit` button. Make your
changes, type in a commit message, and click the `Propose File Change` button.
Thats it!

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* Politics Free - Let's just not get into it.
* Well designed, but that goes without saying.
* The homepage should have just enough to help 99% of folks make a decision.
* For the 1%, the site will contain a license chooser similar to
the [creative commons license chooser](http://creativecommons.org/choose/)
* For the 1%, the site will contain a list of licenses common for specific
communities and situations.
* Not comprehensive. Seems like an odd goal, but there are a bajillion
(I counted) licenses out there. We're going to have to filter that down to a
small list of those that matter.