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+# Contributing to Apache OpenWhisk
+
+Anyone can contribute to the OpenWhisk project and we welcome your contributions.
+
+There are multiple ways to contribute: report bugs, improve the docs, and
+contribute code, but you must follow these prerequisites and guidelines:
+
+ - [Contributor License Agreement](#contributor-license-agreement)
+ - [Raising issues](#raising-issues)
+ - [Coding Standards](#coding-standards)
+
+### Contributor License Agreement
+
+All contributors must sign and submit an Apache CLA (Contributor License Agreement).
+
+Instructions on how to do this can be found here:
+[http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas](http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas)
+
+Once submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and be added to
+the following list: http://people.apache.org/unlistedclas.html. 
+
+Project committers will use this list to verify pull requests (PRs) come from contributors that have signed a CLA.
+
+We look forward to your contributions! 
+
+## Raising issues
+
+Please raise any bug reports on the respective project repository's GitHub issue tracker. Be sure to search the 
+list to see if your issue has already been raised.
+
+A good bug report is one that make it easy for us to understand what you were trying to do and what went wrong. 
+Provide as much context as possible so we can try to recreate the issue.
+
+### Discussion
+
+Please use the project's developer email list to engage our community:
+[dev@openwhisk.incubator.apache.org](dev@openwhisk.incubator.apache.org)
+
+In addition, we provide a "dev" Slack team channel for conversations at:
+https://openwhisk-team.slack.com/messages/dev/
+
+### Coding standards
+
+Please ensure you follow the coding standards used throughout the existing
+code base. Some basic rules include:
+
+ - all files must have the Apache license in the header.
+ - all PRs must have passing builds for all operating systems.