Added license

.gitignore

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 /target
 /dist/
 /_ignore
-
-# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
-# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
-Cargo.lock
-
-# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
-
-# Support playwright testing
 node_modules/
 test-results/
 end2end/playwright-report/

CHANGELOG.md

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+# Change Log
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2024-04-09
+
+First release of the project.
+
+## Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue,
+email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. 
+
+Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project.
+
+## Any contributions you make will be under AGPL
+
+This software is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL). Any contributions made to 
+this project will be under this license. Before any contributions can be made, contributors are 
+required to sign a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). The purpose of the agreement is to clarify 
+and document the rights granted by contributors to us.
+
+## Pull Request Process
+
+1. Ensure any install or build dependencies are removed before the end of the layer when doing a 
+   build.
+2. Update the README.md with details of changes to the interface, this includes new environment 
+   variables, exposed ports, useful file locations and container parameters.
+3. Increase the version numbers in any examples files and the README.md to the new version that this
+   Pull Request would represent. The versioning scheme we use is [SemVer](http://semver.org/).
+4. You may merge the Pull Request in once you have the sign-off of two other developers, or if you 
+   do not have permission to do that, you may request the second reviewer to merge it for you.
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free 
+experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex 
+characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, 
+nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, 
+and healthy community.
+
+You can read the full Code of Conduct [here](https://github.com/stalwartlabs/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).