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+# Contributing to FAST-Pathology
+We love your input! We want to make contributing to this project as easy and transparent as possible, whether it's:
+
+- Reporting a bug
+- Asking questions
+- Discussing the current state of the code
+- Submitting a fix
+- Proposing new features
+
+## Questions and discussion
+Please use our [Discussions forum on GitHub](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/discussions) for asking questions or discussing FAST-Pathology.
+There are no stupid questions, so don't hesitate to ask.
+We also love to see how you use FAST-Pathology in your projects, so please show and tell us.
+Please also see our [code of conduct](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/blob/master/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+## Submitting code
+Pull requests are the best way to propose changes to the codebase (we use [Github Flow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/index.html)).
+Note that most of FAST-Pathology's functionality actually comes from the [FAST](https://github.com/smistad/FAST) framework, 
+FAST-Pathology is essentially a graphical user interface built on top of FAST. 
+Thus if you want to propose changes which are not part of the FAST-Pathology user interface, you should take a look at contributing to [FAST](https://github.com/smistad/FAST) instead.
+
+We actively welcome your pull requests:
+
+1. Fork the repo and create your branch from `master`.
+2. Modify the code in your branch
+3. Make sure the software runs and works
+4. Submit the pull request
+
+If you are unsure how to do this properly, just ask us at the [Discussions forum on GitHub](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/discussions).
+
+When you submit code changes, your submissions will be under the [BSD-2 clause license](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/blob/master/LICENSE.md) that covers the project. 
+
+## Report bugs
+We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/issues) to track public bugs. 
+Report a bug by [opening a new issue](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/issues/new/choose); it's that easy!
+Please try to follow the issue templates.
+
+## Proposing new features
+We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/issues) to track development of new features.
+You can also use the [Discussions forum on GitHub](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/discussions) for this.
+
+## License
+By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its [BSD-2 clause license](https://github.com/AICAN-Research/FAST-Pathology/blob/master/LICENSE.md).
+
+## References
+This document was adapted from the contributor guidelines in [briandk's gist](https://gist.github.com/briandk/3d2e8b3ec8daf5a27a62).