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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to Our Projects, Version 1.5
+
+**NOTE: This CONTRIBUTING.md is for software contributions. You do not need to follow the Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO) process for for submitting issues.**
+
+## Policy
+
+### 1. Introduction
+
+The project maintainer for this Project will only accept contributions using the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 located at [developercertificate.org](https://developercertificate.org) ("DCO"). The DCO is a legally binding statement asserting that you are the creator of your contribution, or that you otherwise have the authority to distribute the contribution, and that you are intentionally making the contribution available under the license associated with the Project ("License").
+
+### 2. Developer Certificate of Origin Process
+
+Before submitting contributing code to this repository for the first time, you'll need to sign a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) (see below). To agree to the DCO, add your name and email address to the [CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md) file. At a high level, adding your information to this file tells us that you have the right to submit the work you're contributing and indicates that you consent to our treating the contribution in a way consistent with the license associated with this software (as described in [LICENSE](LICENSE)) and its documentation ("Project").
+
+### 3. Important Points
+
+Pseudonymous or anonymous contributions are permissible, but you must be reachable at the email address provided in the Signed-off-by line.
+
+If your contribution is significant, you are also welcome to add your name and copyright date to the source file header.
+
+U.S. Federal law prevents the government from accepting gratuitous services unless certain conditions are met. By submitting a pull request, you acknowledge that your services are offered without expectation of payment and that you expressly waive any future pay claims against the U.S. Federal government related to your contribution.
+
+If you are a U.S. Federal government employee and use a `*.mil` or `*.gov` email address, we interpret your Signed-off-by to mean that the contribution was created in whole or in part by you and that your contribution is not subject to copyright protections.
+
+### 4. DCO Text
+
+The full text of the DCO is included below and is available online at [developercertificate.org](https://developercertificate.org):
+
+```txt
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+1 Letterman Drive
+Suite D4700
+San Francisco, CA, 94129
+
+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.
+```

CONTRIBUTORS.md

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+# Contributors
+
+**By adding your name, email address, and copyright date below, you understand and agree to the terms of the [Developer's Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org/) (DCO) version 1.1, and you are submitting all contributions you make to this Project pursuant to the terms described in [LICENSE](LICENSE).**
+
+## Signed-off-by
+
+- Copyright 2023 George Gatling [email protected]
+- _Add the copyright date, your name, and email address here. (PLEASE KEEP THIS LINE)_
+
+## Note for U.S. Federal Employees
+
+If you're a U.S. Federal Government employee and use a `*.mil` or `*.gov` email address to agree to the DCO, we interpret your signed DCO to mean that the contribution was created in whole or in part by you as part of your job with the U.S. Federal Government and that your contribution is not subject to copyright protections.

INTENT.md

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+Licensing Intent
+
+The intent is that this software and documentation ("Project") should be treated as if
+it is licensed under the license associated with the Project ("License") in the
+LICENSE.md file. However, because we are part of the United States (U.S.) Federal
+Government, it is not that simple.
+
+The portions of this Project written by United States (U.S.) Federal government
+employees within the scope of their federal employment are ineligible for copyright
+protection in the U.S.; this is generally understood to mean that these portions of
+the Project are placed in the public domain.
+
+In countries where copyright protection is available (which does not include the U.S.),
+contributions made by U.S. Federal government employees are released under the
+License. Merged contributions from private contributors are released under the
+License.

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017-2018 U.S. Federal Government (in countries where recognized)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
+software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
+without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies
+or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
+CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
+OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.