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Author: nmstreethran

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, 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.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+ advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+ address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+ professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the project team at nmstreethran@gmail.com (Nithiya Streethran). All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contribution guidelines
+
+Thank you for stopping by and considering contributing to this repository!
+
+**New to Git and GitHub?** See [these learning resources](https://help.github.com/articles/git-and-github-learning-resources/) and this [10 min. Git tutorial](https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1).
+
+## Contact me
+
+Please email me: nmstreethran@gmail.com (Nithiya Streethran)
+
+## Reporting issues
+
+- **Search for existing issues.** Please check to see if someone else has reported the same [issue](https://github.com/nmstreethran/UiS-PhD-thesis/issues).
+
+- **Share as much information as possible.** Include operating system and version, browser and version. Also, include steps to reproduce the bug.
+
+## Pull requests
+
+Please refer to each project's style guidelines and guidelines for submitting patches and additions. In general, we follow the "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.
+
+**NOTE: Be sure to merge the latest from "upstream" before making a pull request!**
+
+- Fork the repository on GitHub
+- Clone the project to your own machine
+- Commit changes to your own branch
+- Push your work back up to your fork
+- Submit a Pull request so that we can review your changes
+
+- Try not to pollute your pull request with unintended changes and keep them simple and small. If possible, squash your commits.
+- Try to share how your code has been tested before submitting a pull request.
+- If your PR resolves an issue, include **closes #ISSUE_NUMBER** in your commit message (or a [synonym](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages)).
+- Review
+    - If your PR is ready for review, another contributor will be assigned to review your PR.
+    - The reviewer will accept or comment on the PR.
+    - If needed address the comments left by the reviewer. Once you're ready to continue the review, ping the reviewer in a comment.
+    - Once accepted your code will be merged to `master`.

LICENSE

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 MIT License
 
+Copyright (c) 2017 Nithiya Streethran
+
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights