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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to Open AI Co-Scientist
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Open AI Co-Scientist project!
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+- Fork the repository and create your branch from `main`.
+- Make your changes with clear, descriptive commit messages.
+- Ensure your code passes all tests and follows project style guidelines.
+- Submit a pull request describing your changes and the motivation behind them.
+
+## License for Contributions
+
+By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License, the same as this project.
+
+## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)
+
+All contributions are assumed to be made under the same license as the project (MIT). If you wish to use Git’s sign-off feature to acknowledge the DCO, you may do so, but it is not required.
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+Please be respectful and constructive in all interactions.
+
+## Getting Help
+
+For questions or support, please open an issue or start a discussion in the repository.

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

NOTICE

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+This work was produced under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by
+Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.
+
+This work was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the
+United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor Lawrence
+Livermore National Security, LLC, nor any of their employees makes any warranty,
+expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the
+accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or
+process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned
+rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service
+by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily
+constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United
+States Government or Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. The views and
+opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those
+of the United States Government or Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC,
+and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

README.md

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 ## 🤝 Contributing
 
-This is an open-source project. Feel free to contribute improvements, bug fixes, or new features.
+This is an open-source project. Feel free to contribute improvements, bug fixes, or new features. 
+
+See CONTRIBUTING.md for details. 
 
 ## ⚠️ Note
 
 This system requires an OpenRouter API key to function. The public demo uses a limited budget, so please use it responsibly. For extensive research, consider running your own instance with your API key.
 
-## License
-
-MIT
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
-- Based on the open-source implementation of Google's AI Co-Scientist system.
+- Based on the idea of Google's AI Co-Scientist system.
 - Uses [Gradio](https://gradio.app/) for the user interface.
 - LLM access via [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/).
+
+---
+
+## Release
+
+LLNL-CODE-2010270
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT