Add THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt and move CONTRIBUTING.md to root.

docs/project-docs/contributing.md → CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Welcome!
 
-If you are here, it means you are interested in helping us out. A hearty welcome and thank you! There are many ways you can contribute to the NimbusML project:
+If you are here, it means you are interested in helping us out. A hearty welcome and thank you! While this is an experimental project, we will make our best effort to respond to feedback and issues. If you would like to join the effort, here are ways you can contribute to the NimbusML project:
 
 * Offer PRs to fix bugs or implement new features.
 * Give us feedback and bug reports regarding the software or the documentation.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ All commits in a pull request will be squashed to a single commit with the origi
 
 ## Style Guide
 
-See the [Style Guide](style-guide.md) for information about coding styles, source structure, making pull requests, and more.
+See the [Style Guide](docs/project-docs/style-guide.md) for information about coding styles, source structure, making pull requests, and more.
 
 ## Building and Devleopment
 

README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ To build `nimbusml` from source please visit our [developers guide](docs/develop
 
 ## Contributing
 
-We welcome [contributions](docs/project-docs/contributing.md)!
+We welcome [contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md) and will try our best to address feedback for this experimental project.
 
 ## License
 

THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+NimbusML uses third-party libraries or other resources that may be
+distributed under licenses different than the NimbusML software.
+
+In the event that we accidentally failed to list a required notice, please
+bring it to our attention. Post an issue or email us:
+
+           python@microsoft.com
+
+The attached notices are provided for information only.
+
+License notice for ML.NET
+-------------------------
+
+https://github.com/dotnet/machinelearning
+
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 .NET Foundation
+
+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.
+
+License notice for .NET Core CLR
+--------------------------------
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 .NET Foundation
+
+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.

docs/README.md

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ Project Docs
 - [API](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nimbusml/overview)
 - [Tutorials](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nimbusml/tutorials)
 - [Developer Guide](developers/developer-guide.md)
-- [Contributing to ML.NET](project-docs/contributing.md)
+- [Contributing to ML.NET](CONTRIBUTING.md)

docs/project-docs/style-guide.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Contributing to Machine Learning
+Contributing to NimbusML
 ======================
 
 This document describes contribution guidelines that are specific to NimbusML. Please read [Python Style Guide](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) for more general Python style guidelines.