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+Guidelines
+==========
+
+When contributing to the Mono project, please follow the [Mono Coding
+Guidelines][1].  We have been using a coding style for many years,
+please make your patches conform to these guidelines.
+
+[1]: http://www.mono-project.com/community/contributing/coding-guidelines/
+
+Etiquette
+=========
+
+In general, we do not accept patches that merely shuffle code around,
+split classes in multiple files, reindent the code or are the result
+of running a refactoring tool on the source code.  This is done for
+three reasons: (a) we have our own coding guidelines; (b) Some modules
+are imported from upstream sources and we want to respect their coding
+guidelines and (c) it destroys valuable history that is often used to
+investigate bugs, regressions and problems.
+
+License
+=======
+
+The Mono runtime, compilers, and tools and most of the class libraries
+are licensed under the MIT license. But include some bits of code
+licensed under different licenses. The exact list is [available here] (https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/LICENSE).
+
+Different parts of Mono use different licenses.  The actual details of
+which licenses are used for which parts are detailed on the LICENSE
+file in this directory.
+
+CLA
+=======
+
+Contributions are now taken under the [.NET Foundation CLA] (https://cla2.dotnetfoundation.org/). 
+
+Testing
+=======
+
+Pull requests go through testing on our [Jenkins server][2]. We will
+usually only merge a pull request if it causes no regressions in a
+test run there.
+
+When you submit a pull request, one of two things happens:
+
+* If you are a new contributor, Jenkins will ask for permissions (on
+  the pull request) to test it. A maintainer will reply to approve
+  the test run if they find the patch appropriate. After you have
+  submitted a few patches, a maintainer will whitelist you so that
+  all of your future pull requests are tested automatically.
+* If you are a well-known, whitelisted contributor, Jenkins will go
+  ahead and test your pull request as soon as a test machine is
+  available.
+
+When your pull request has been built, Jenkins will update the build
+status of your pull request. If it succeeded and we like the changes,
+a maintainer will likely merge it. Otherwise, you can amend your pull
+request to fix build breakage and Jenkins will test it again.
+
+[2]: http://jenkins.mono-project.com/
+
+# Inactivity
+
+Occasionally, a pull request sits for several months without any
+response from the author. This isn't necessarily an issue, but we may
+sometimes decide to close pull requests that have not seen any
+progress for a long time. This is in interest of keeping the pull
+request list clean so that other pull requests don't get lost in the
+clutter.
+
+If we do close your pull request due to inactivity, you're more than
+welcome to submit it anew after you address any comments or issues that
+were brought up on the original pull request.