Contributing
============

We welcome contributions in the form of GitHub issues or pull requests. A [guide to contributing via GitHub][guide] is available.

The documents are licensed under the [Creative Commons CC0 1.0 license][CC0]. Please review CC0 1.0 and agree to license your contributions under the same terms.

The project's [README file][readme] contains a legal disclaimer that speaks on behalf of all contributors. Please review the disclaimer and confirm your agreement with it.

[guide]: http://www.seriesseed.com/posts/2013/02/for-law-nerds-and-real-nerds.html

[CC0]: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

[readme]: ./README.md

Contributing
============

We welcome contributions in the form of GitHub issues or pull requests. A [guide to contributing via GitHub][guide] is available.

License and Disclaimer
----------------------

The documents are licensed under the [Creative Commons CC0 1.0 license][CC0]. Please review CC0 1.0 and agree to license your contributions under the same terms.

The project's [README file][readme] contains a legal disclaimer that speaks on behalf of all contributors. Please review the disclaimer and confirm your agreement with it.

Markdown Style Guide
--------------------

Please conform to the overall style of the documents with respect to formatting using [Markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics/).

The title of each document is written as a first-level, setext-style heading:

```markdown
Preferred Stock Investment Agreement
====================================
```

Numbered sections with headings include full stops after both number and summary:

```markdown
### 1.2. Closing; Delivery.
```

Terms should are set in bold where they are defined:

```markdown
... (this "**Agreement**") ...
```

Fill-in-the-blank labels are italicized and set in braces:

```markdown
... _{corporation name}_ ...
```

Instructions to users of the forms are italicized:

```markdown
_Optionally include, "provided, however, ..."_
```

[guide]: http://www.seriesseed.com/posts/2013/02/for-law-nerds-and-real-nerds.html

[CC0]: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

[readme]: ./README.md

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