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-= Contributor Code of Conduct
-
-As contributors and maintainers of this project, and in the interest of fostering an open
-and welcoming community, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting
-issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation, submitting pull requests or
-patches, and other activities.
-
-We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for
-everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression,
-sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age,
-religion, or nationality.
-
-Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
-
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery
-* Personal attacks
-* Trolling or insulting/derogatory comments
-* Public or private harassment
-* Publishing other's private information, such as physical or electronic addresses,
-  without explicit permission
-* Other unethical or unprofessional conduct
-
-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.
-
-By adopting this Code of Conduct, project maintainers commit themselves to fairly and
-consistently applying these principles to every aspect of managing this project. Project
-maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct may be permanently removed
-from the project team.
-
-This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an
-individual is representing the project or its community.
-
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by
-contacting a project maintainer at code-of-conduct@spring.io. All complaints will
-be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and
-appropriate to the circumstances. Maintainers are obligated to maintain confidentiality
-with regard to the reporter of an incident.
-
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the
-https://contributor-covenant.org[Contributor Covenant], version 1.3.0, available at
-https://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/[contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/]