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+# Contributing to CUE
+
+CUE is an open source project.
+
+We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are
+just a few small guidelines you need to follow.
+
+## Contributor License Agreement
+
+Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License
+Agreement. You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your contribution;
+this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your contributions as
+part of the project. Head over to <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see
+your current agreements on file or to sign a new one.
+
+You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one
+(even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
+again.
+
+## Code reviews
+
+All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We
+use Gerrit code reviews at https://cue-review.googlesource.com for this purpose.
+Please read the [Contributing Guidelines][./doc/contribute.html]
+before reading patches.
+
+## Community Guidelines
+
+This project follows [Google's Open Source Community
+Guidelines](https://opensource.google.com/conduct/).