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+# Contributing
+
+Contributing to L3afd is fun. To get started:
+- [Contributing guide](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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+# How To Contribute
+
+## Some Ways to Contribute
+- [Getting started with L3AF](#getting-started-with-l3af)
+- [Report potential bugs](#report-potential-bugs)
+- [New features or product enhancements](#new-features-or-product-enhancements)
+- [Submitting a patch that fixes a bug](#submitting-a-patch-that-fixes-a-bug)
+- [Coding style](#coding-style)
+- [Guidelines for pull requests](#guidelines-for-pull-requests)
+- [Improve our guides and documentation](#improve-our-guides-and-documentation)
+- [Increase our test coverage](#increase-our-test-coverage)
+
+### Getting started with L3AF
+
+See [L3AF](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/L3AF/Getting+Started+with+L3AF)
+
+### Report potential bugs
+
+First, **ensure the bug was not already reported** by searching on GitHub under
+[Issues](https://github.com/l3af-project/l3afd/issues).
+
+If you did not find a related bug, you can help us by
+[submitting a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/l3af-project/l3afd/issues/new).
+A good bug report provides a detailed description of the issue and step-by-step instructions
+for reliably reproducing the issue.
+
+We will aim to triage issues in [weekly TSC meetings](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/L3AF/Community+Meetings).
+In case we are unable to repro the issue, we will request more information from you. There will be a waiting period of
+2 weeks for the requested information and if there is no response, the issue will be closed. If this happens,
+please reopen the issue if you do get a repro and provide the requested information.
+
+If you found a security issue, please do not open a GitHub Issue, and instead [email](security@lists.l3af.io) it in detail.
+
+### New features or product enhancements
+
+You can request or implement a new feature by [submitting a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/l3af-project/l3afd/issues/new).
+and communicate your proposal so that the L3AF community can review and provide feedback. Getting
+early feedback will help ensure your implementation work is accepted by the community.
+This will also allow us to better coordinate our efforts and minimize duplicated effort.
+
+### Submitting a patch that fixes a bug
+
+Fork the repo and make your changes. Then open a new GitHub pull request with the patch.
+
+* Ensure the PR description clearly describes the problem and solution. Include the relevant issue number
+  if applicable.
+
+### Guidelines for pull requests
+
+Great, you want to directly contribute to the l3af project and submit a pull request.
+It is recommended prior to working on a PR to submit an issue in github for the change you want
+to make describing the change and context around it. This gives the l3af maintainers a chance to review
+the issue and provide feedback and work with you on the change. If you have any questions, please
+feel free to reach out to the l3af maintainers via [Slack](https://app.slack.com/client/T02GD9YQJUT/C02GRTC0SAD) or
+[mail](main@lists.l3af.io) group. Below are some general guidelines to help ensure a successful PR approval.
+
+- Provide background why you are making the change and the issue it addresses
+- List what is changing and provide a high-level summary of the change
+- List any relevant dependencies linked to this change
+- Describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes and add/update test cases
+- Update relevant docs, especially if you've changed APIs
+- Ensure all GitHub CI/CD checks pass
+
+### Coding Style
+
+See [uber-go](https://github.com/uber-go/guide/blob/master/style.md)
+
+### Improve our guides and documentation
+
+We look forward to contributions improving our guides and documentation.
+Documentation should be written in an inclusive style. The [Google developer documentation](https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation)
+contains an excellent reference on this topic.
+
+### Increase our test coverage
+
+Increase the code coverage by adding tests. PRs are expected to have 100% test coverage for added code. This can be
+verified with a coverage build. If your PR cannot have 100% coverage for some reason please clearly explain why when
+you open it. Run your tests and get coverage locally
+
+```bash
+go test -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.out
+```
+
+## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)
+
+The [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org/) is a lightweight way for contributors
+to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the right to submit the code they are contributing to the project.
+This App enforces the Developer Certificate of Origin on Pull Requests. It requires all commit messages to contain
+the ```Signed-off-by``` line with an email address that matches the commit author.
+
+## Governance
+
+Please refer to the [governance repo](https://github.com/l3af-project/governance) for Project Charter, Code of Conduct,
+Release Process, and Committee Members.