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+# This is an OPEN Open Source Project
+
+## What?
+
+Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given commit-access to the project to contribute as they see fit. This project is more like an open wiki than a standard guarded open source project.
+
+## Rules
+
+There are a few basic ground-rules for contributors:
+
+ - No --force pushes or modifying the Git history in any way.
+ - Non-master branches ought to be used for ongoing work.
+ - External API changes and significant modifications ought to be subject to an internal pull-request to solicit feedback from other contributors.
+ - Internal pull-requests to solicit feedback are encouraged for any other non-trivial contribution but left to the discretion of the contributor.
+ - For significant changes wait a full 24 hours before merging so that active contributors who are distributed throughout the world have a chance to weigh in.
+ - Contributors should attempt to adhere to the prevailing code-style.
+Releases
+
+Declaring formal releases requires peer review.
+
+ - A reviewer of a pull request should recommend a new version number (patch, minor or major).
+ - Once your change is merged feel free to bump the version as recommended by the reviewer.
+ - A new version number should not be cut without peer review unless done by the project maintainer.
+
+## Want to contribute?
+
+Even though collaborators may contribute as they see fit, if you are not sure what to do, here's a suggested process:
+
+## Cutting a new version
+
+ - Get your branch merged on master
+ - Run `npm version major` or `npm version minor` or `npm version patch`
+ - `git push origin master --tags`
+ - If you are a project owner, then `npm publish`
+
+## If you want to have a bug fixed or a feature added:
+
+ - Check open issues for what you want.
+ - If there is an open issue, comment on it, otherwise open an issue describing your bug or feature with use cases.
+ - Discussion happens on the issue about how to solve your problem.
+ - You or a core contributor opens a pull request solving the issue with tests and documentation.
+ - The pull requests gets reviewed and then merged.
+ - A new release version get's cut.
+ - (Disclaimer: Your feature might get rejected.)
+
+### Changes to this arrangement
+
+This is an experiment and feedback is welcome! This document may also be subject to pull-requests or changes by contributors where you believe you have something valuable to add or change.