Adding a file explaining the contribution process

Author: Ikai Lan

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# How to contribute #
+
+We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project.  There are
+a just a few small guidelines you need to follow.
+
+
+## Contributor License Agreement ##
+
+Contributions to any Google project must be accompanied by a Contributor
+License Agreement.  This is not a copyright **assignment**, it simply gives
+Google permission to use and redistribute your contributions as part of the
+project.
+
+  * If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you
+    own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual
+    CLA][].
+
+  * If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work,
+    then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA][].
+
+You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted
+one (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
+again.
+
+[individual CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual
+[corporate CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate
+
+
+## Submitting a patch ##
+
+  1. It's generally best to start by opening a new issue describing the bug or
+     feature you're intending to fix.  Even if you think it's relatively minor,
+     it's helpful to know what people are working on.  Mention in the initial
+     issue that you are planning to work on that bug or feature so that it can
+     be assigned to you.
+
+  1. Follow the normal process of [forking][] the project, and setup a new
+     branch to work in.  It's important that each group of changes be done in
+     separate branches in order to ensure that a pull request only includes the
+     commits related to that bug or feature.
+
+  1. Test your code on a device if you can. There are a bunch of edge conditions
+     that can be triggered in `UIWebView` where behavior in the simulator is 
+     going to differ from behavior on a physical device.
+
+  1. Any significant changes should almost always be accompanied by tests.  The
+     project already has good test coverage, so look at some of the existing
+     tests if you're unsure how to go about it. 
+
+  1. Do your best to have [well-formed commit messages][] for each change.
+     This provides consistency throughout the project, and ensures that commit
+     messages are able to be formatted properly by various git tools.
+
+  1. Finally, push the commits to your fork and submit a [pull request][].
+
+[forking]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
+[well-formed commit messages]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
+[squash]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits
+[pull request]: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request