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See https://opensource.guide/starting-a-project/ https://opensource.guide/starting-a-project/ for GitHub's latest advice on starting an open source project, whi
by alangpierce 8y ago
See https://opensource.guide/starting-a-project/ https://opensource.guide/starting-a-project/ for GitHub's latest advice on starting an open source project, which includes adding a Code of Conduct. I think single-person projects just starting out can get away with just a LICENSE and README, but it's best to have CONTRIBUTING and CODE_OF_CONDUCT if you expect any contributions.
Hopefully it's rare that it's needed, but it's really easy to add and a nice thing to have proactively instead of reactively, and plenty of people feel more welcome when things like that are explicit.