From 3e57213b1f15d5984b7295d5c4fa0472d840c751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <achapkowski@esri.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:27:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated README.md added contributing.md

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 contributing.md |  1 +
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 contributing.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,4 +64,32 @@ Results:
                                           '#text' : 'my value'
                                           }
                         }
-        }
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+        }
+
+## Issues
+
+Find a bug or want to request a new feature?  Please let us know by submitting an issue.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our [guidelines for contributing](https://github.com/esri/contributing).
+
+## Licensing
+Copyright 2015 Esri
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+A copy of the license is available in the repository's license file.
+
+[](Esri Tags: hermes)
+[](Esri Language: Python)​
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diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our [guidelines for contributing](https://github.com/esri/contributing).
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