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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
+community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
+identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
+nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual
+identity and orientation.
+
+We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
+diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
+community include:
+
+* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
+* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
+* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
+  and learning from the experience
+* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall
+  community
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of
+  any kind
+* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address,
+  without their explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Enforcement Responsibilities
+
+Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
+acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
+or harmful.
+
+Community leaders 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, and will communicate reasons for moderation
+decisions when appropriate.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
+an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
+Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
+posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
+[INSERT CONTACT METHOD].
+All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
+
+All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
+reporter of any incident.
+
+## Enforcement Guidelines
+
+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
+the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
+
+### 1. Correction
+
+**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
+unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
+
+**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
+clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
+behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
+
+### 2. Warning
+
+**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series of
+actions.
+
+**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
+interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
+those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
+includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
+like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent
+ban.
+
+### 3. Temporary Ban
+
+**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
+sustained inappropriate behavior.
+
+**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
+communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
+private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
+with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
+Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
+
+### 4. Permanent Ban
+
+**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
+standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an
+individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
+
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the
+community.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
+version 2.1, available at
+[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html][v2.1].
+
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by
+[Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder][Mozilla CoC].
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
+[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq][FAQ]. Translations are available at
+[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations][translations].
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+[v2.1]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html
+[Mozilla CoC]: https://github.com/mozilla/diversity
+[FAQ]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
+[translations]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to CRATE
+
+If you wish to contribute to this project, start by reading CRATE's
+[Code of Conduct](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+and act accordingly during the whole contribution process.
+
+Any contribution to this project should follow two main steps:
+
+- **Step 1:** [Open a new discussion](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/discussions) on CRATE's GitHub Discussions space
+
+    - Provide a clear description of your idea, including any coding details that you may already have in mind;
+
+    - Enroll in a discussion with the project's owners about the merits and pros/cons of your idea;
+
+    - Proceed to Step 2 if and only if owners accept your idea.
+
+- **Step 2:** Contribute to CRATE by creating a Pull Request
+
+    - Fork [CRATE's GitHub repository](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE) to your GitHub account;
+    - Clone the forked repository into a local directory, thus creating your local repository;
+    - Set your remote forked repository as the 'origin' remote (should be set by default);
+    - Set [CRATE's GitHub repository](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE) as the 'upstream' remote;
+    - Pull the most recent version of CRATE's 'master' branch into your local repository;
+    - Create and new development branch and commit your contribution;
+    - Push your contribution to the 'origin' remote;
+    - Create a Pull Request from your forked repository ('head repository') to [CRATE's GitHub repository](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE) ('base repository');
+    - The Pull Request is reviewed by the project's owners and your contribution is merged depending on the outcome of the review process.
+
+Please refer to the several sources available on how to contribute to a GitHub repository (Step 2) (e.g., [source 1](https://www.dataschool.io/how-to-contribute-on-github/), [source 2](https://dev.to/codesphere/how-to-start-contributing-to-open-source-projects-on-github-534n)).
+

README.md

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 You can find everything you need to know in [CRATE documentation](https://bessagroup.github.io/CRATE/)!
 
-
 <p align="center">
   <a href=""><img alt="logo" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25851824/238440445-48811f19-8131-4161-8eeb-108197221986.png" width="80%"></a>
 </p>
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 You are also welcome to post there any **questions**, **comments** or **suggestions** for improvement in the [GitHub discussions](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/discussions) space!
 
+Please refer to CRATE's [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
 >**Note:**  
 >Bear in mind that CRATE is a program developed in an academic environment and that I'm currently the only developer as a side project. This means that I'll do my best to address all the issues, questions and suggestions, but do expect a reasonable time frame! ~ *Bernardo P. Ferreira*
 

docs/source/index.rst

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 You are also welcome to post any **questions**, **comments** or **suggestions** for improvement in the `GitHub discussions <https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/discussions>`_ space!
 
+Please refer to CRATE's `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/bessagroup/CRATE/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_.
+
 .. note::
     Bear in mind that CRATE is a program developed in an academic environment and that I'm currently the only developer as a side project. This means that I'll do my best to address all the issues, questions and suggestions, but do expect a reasonable time frame! ~ Bernardo P. Ferreira