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+# Contributing
+New Contributors are always welcome.
+
+## Contributor Agreement
+Most Contributors are [members](https://www.openhwgroup.org/membership/) of the
+OpenHW Group and participate in one or more [Technical Task Groups](https://www.openhwgroup.org/working-groups/).
+Membership is strongly encouraged, but not required.  Contributors must be
+covered by the terms of the [Eclipse Contributor Agreement](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php)
+(for individuals) **or** the [Eclipse Member Committer and Contributor Agreement](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/committer_process/EclipseMemberCommitterAgreement.pdf)
+(for employees of Member companies). The ECA/MCCA provides a legal
+framework for a Contributor's technical contributions to the OpenHW Group,
+including provisions for grant of copyright license and a Developer
+Certificate of Origin on contributions merged into OpenHW Group repositories.
+
+## The Mechanics
+1. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) the [cvw](https://github.com/openhwgroup/cvw) repository
+2. Clone repository: `git clone https://github.com/[your_github_username]/cvw`
+3. Create your feature branch: `git checkout -b <my_branch>.`<br> Please uniquify your branch name.  See the [Git Cheats](https://github.com/openhwgroup/core-v-verif/blob/master/GitCheats.md) for a useful nominclature.
+5. Commit your changes: `git commit -m 'Add some feature'`
+6. Push feature branch: `git push origin <my_branch>`
+7. Submit a [pull request](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork).