Merge pull request #7 from Vonage/VIDECO-11392

chore: [VIDECO-11392] Update COC, License and Contributing files

Author: LukaszPilarski

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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 # Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 
 ## Our Pledge
 
-We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
-community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
-size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
-identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
-nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
-and orientation.
+We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
 
-We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
-diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
+We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
 
 ## Our Standards
 
-Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
-community include:
+Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:
 
-- Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
-- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
-- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
-- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
-  and learning from the experience
-- Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
-  overall community
+* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
+* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
+* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
+* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community
 
 Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
 
-- The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
   advances of any kind
-- Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
-- Public or private harassment
-- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
+* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
   address, without their explicit permission
-- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
   professional setting
 
 ## Enforcement Responsibilities
 
-Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
-acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
-response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
-or harmful.
+Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
 
-Community leaders 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, and will communicate reasons for moderation
-decisions when appropriate.
+Community leaders 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, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.
 
 ## Scope
 
-This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
-an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
-Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
-posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
-representative at an online or offline event.
+This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.
 
 ## Enforcement
 
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
-reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
-devrel@vonage.com.
-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at [devrel@vonage.com](mailto:devrel@vonage.com). All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
 
-All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
-reporter of any incident.
+All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.
 
 ## Enforcement Guidelines
 
-Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
-the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
 
 ### 1. Correction
 
-**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
-unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
+**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
 
-**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
-clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
-behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
+**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
 
 ### 2. Warning
 
-**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
-of actions.
+**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
 
-**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
-interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
-those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
-includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
-like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
-permanent ban.
+**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
 
 ### 3. Temporary Ban
 
-**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
-sustained inappropriate behavior.
+**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
 
-**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
-communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
-private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
-with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
-Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
+**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
 
 ### 4. Permanent Ban
 
-**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
-standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an
-individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
+**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
 
-**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
-the community.
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.
 
 ## Attribution
 
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
-version 2.0, available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 2.0,
+available at `https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html`.
 
-Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
-enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
 
 [homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
 
 For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
+`https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq`. Translations are available at `https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations`.

CONTRIBUTING.md

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-# Contributing Guidelines
-
-If you're interested in contributing to this project, here are a few ways to do so:
-
-- Bug fixes
-  - If you find a bug, please first report it using Github Issues.
-  - Issues that have already been identified as a bug will be labelled `bug`.
-  - If you'd like to submit a fix for a bug, send a Pull Request from your own fork and mention the Issue number.
-    - Include a test that isolates the bug and verifies that it was fixed.
-- New Features
-  - If you'd like to add a feature to the library that doesn't already exist, feel free to describe the feature in a new Github Issue.
-  - Issues that have been identified as a feature request will be labelled `enhancement`.
-  - If you'd like to implement the new feature, please wait for feedback from the project maintainers before spending too much time writing the code. In some cases, `enhancement`s may not align well with the project objectives at the time.
-- Documentation & Miscellaneous
-  - If you think the documentation could be clearer, or you have an alternative
-    implementation of something that may have more advantages, we would love to hear it.
-    - If its a trivial change, go ahead and send a Pull Request with the changes you have in mind
-    - If not, open a Github Issue to discuss the idea first.
-
-## Requirements
-
-For a contribution to be accepted:
-
-- Code must follow existing styling conventions
-- Commit messages must be descriptive. Related issues should be mentioned by number.
-- The [sample applications](https://github.com/Vonage/vonage-video-react-native-sdk-samples) must build with your changes. 
-
-If the contribution doesn't meet these criteria, a maintainer will discuss it with you on the Issue. You can still continue to add more commits to the branch you have sent the Pull Request from.
-
-## How To
-
-1. Fork this repository on GitHub.
-2. Clone/fetch your fork to your local development machine.
-3. Create a new branch (e.g. `issue-12`, `feat.add_foo`, etc) and check it out.
-4. Make your changes and commit them.
-5. Test your changes with the [sample applications](https://github.com/Vonage/vonage-video-react-native-sdk-samples). (you can use `npm pack` and `npm install` to install a local version of the library.)
-6. Push your new branch to your fork. (e.g. `git push myname issue-12`)
-7. Open a Pull Request from your new branch to the original fork's `master` branch.
-
-## Development Guidelines
-
-1. Follow [installation guidelines](README.md).
-2. Modify JS components in `src/js/`.
-3. Modify iOS components in `ios/`.
-4. Modify Android components in `android/`.
+# Getting Involved
+
+## Welcome to Contributors
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to our open source **OpenTok Network Test** application! We're excited to have you join our community and help improve this project.
+
+## Getting Started
+Before you begin, please review the following:
+- Read our Code of Conduct to understand our community standards.
+- Check the README.md for an overview of the project and setup instructions.
+- Browse the open issues to see what needs attention.
+
+## Contributing
+
+### Opening an Issue - Bug Reports or Feature Requests
+
+We always welcome feedback, if you've seen something that isn't quite right or you have a suggestion for a new feature, please go ahead and open an issue in this project. Select the appropriate template and include as much information as you have, it really helps.
+
+### Making a Code Change
+
+We're always open to pull requests, but these should be small and clearly described so that we can understand what you're trying to do. Feel free to open an issue first and get some discussion going.
+
+When you're ready to start coding, fork this repository to your own GitHub account and make your changes in a new branch based on develop. Once you're happy, open a pull request to merge into develop and explain what the change is and why you think we should include it in our project.
+
+All the commits pushed into *develop* and *master* branches have to be signed. Please refer to [this guide](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits). Commits that are not signed can't be merged into *develop* or *master* branches.
+
+### Branching 
+
+Our *master* branch is the evergreen source of truth for the Vonage Video API Reference App for React. However, all new development should be done in the develop branch. Contributions should be made by branching off develop, and pull requests should be submitted against develop. Periodically, develop will be merged into master as a batch.
+ 
+Internally, we use Jira for issue tracking. Issue and feature branches use the format DEVELOPERNAME/TICKETNUMBER-SHORTDESCRIPTION e.g. alicesmith/VIDCS-123-fix-broken-icon. If you'd like to contribute a pull request, please use a branch on your fork with a descriptive name e.g. **fix-broken-icon**.
+
+Release versions use the format v-RELEASENUMBER number, e.g. v1.0.0. We use [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) for our releases.