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## Welcome!

We're so glad you're thinking about contributing to a USDS open source
repository! If you're unsure or afraid of anything, just ask or submit the
issue or pull request anyways. The worst that can happen is that you'll be
politely asked to change something. We appreciate any sort of contribution,
and don't want a wall of rules to get in the way of that.

Before contributing, we encourage you to read our CONTRIBUTING policy (you are
here), our LICENSE, and our README, all of which should be in this repository.

## Public domain

This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright
and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0
Universal public domain
dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication.
By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of
copyright interest.
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This project includes a mix of the following:

* Open source works that are not in the public domain
* Open source work by the U.S. government that is in the public domain

## Parts of this project that are not in the public domain

This site is based on the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS), which also
includes works under the SIL Open Font License, MIT license, and public
domain. The full license details for those assets are described in the
[USWDS license file](https://github.com/uswds/uswds/blob/master/LICENSE.md).

## The rest of this project is in the worldwide public domain

As a work of the United States government, this project is in the public
domain within the United States.

Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide
through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain
dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

### CC0 1.0 Universal Summary

This is a human-readable summary of the [Legal Code (read the full
text)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode).

#### No copyright

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the
public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under
copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent
allowed by law.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial
purposes, all without asking permission.

#### Other information

In no way are the patent or trademark rights of any person affected by CC0,
nor are the rights that other persons may have in the work or in how the work
is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the person who associated a work with this
deed makes no warranties about the work, and disclaims liability for all uses
of the work, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. When using or
citing the work, you should not imply endorsement by the author or the
affirmer.

### Contributions to this project

As stated in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md), all contributions to this
project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull
request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.