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## Welcome! | ||
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We're so glad you're thinking about contributing to a U.S. Tax Court open source project! If you're unsure about anything, just ask — or submit the issue or pull request anyway. The worst that can happen is you'll be politely asked to change something. We love all friendly contributions. | ||
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We want to ensure a welcoming environment for all of our projects. Our staff follows the [18F Code of Conduct](https://github.com/18F/code-of-conduct/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md) and all contributors should do the same. | ||
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We encourage you to read this project's CONTRIBUTING policy (you are here), its [LICENSE](LICENSE.md), and its [README](README.md). | ||
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If you have any questions or want to read more, check out the [18F Open Source Policy GitHub repository](https://github.com/18f/open-source-policy), or just [shoot us an email](mailto:18f@gsa.gov). | ||
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## Public domain | ||
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This project is in the public domain within the United States, and | ||
copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through | ||
the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
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All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 | ||
dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply | ||
with this waiver of copyright interest. |
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As a work of the United States government, this project is in the | ||
public domain within the United States. | ||
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Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work | ||
worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication. | ||
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## CC0 1.0 Universal summary | ||
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This is a human-readable summary of the [Legal Code (read the full text)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode). | ||
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### No copyright | ||
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under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the | ||
extent allowed by law. | ||
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You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial | ||
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### Other information | ||
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In no way are the patent or trademark rights of any person affected by CC0, | ||
nor are the rights that other persons may have in the work or in how the | ||
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# ef-cms | ||
An Electronic Filing / Case Management System. | ||
# Electronic Filing / Case Management System | ||
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An as-yet-unnamed project by the [U.S. Tax Court](https://ustaxcourt.gov/), creating an open-source EF-CMS. Work begins in autumn 2018. | ||
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## Contributing | ||
See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for additional information. | ||
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## Public domain | ||
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This project is in the worldwide [public domain](LICENSE.md). As stated in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md): | ||
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> This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
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> All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest. |