Minor repository housekeeping and documentation

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Ho <jujaga@gmail.com>

.gitattributes

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+# Autodetect text files and forces unix eols, so Windows does not break them
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
+# Force images/fonts to be handled as binaries
+*.jpg binary
+*.jpeg binary
+*.gif binary
+*.png binary

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 # How to contribute
-### Not the below will update as we do some initial iterations.
+
+Government employees, public and members of the private sector are encouraged to contribute to the repository by **forking and submitting a pull request**.
+
+(If you are new to GitHub, you might start with a [basic tutorial](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git) and check out a more detailed guide to [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/).)
+
+Pull requests will be evaluated by the repository guardians on a schedule and if deemed beneficial will be committed to the master.
+
+All contributors retain the original copyright to their stuff, but by contributing to this project, you grant a world-wide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to all users **under the terms of the [license](./LICENSE) under which this project is distributed**.
+
+## Note the below will update as we do some initial iterations
+
 If you are in a developer or architect role and have experience in event-driven architecture, please create a pull request to update specific content or add new content.
 Please make sure to provide proper links and implementation details for review.

LICENSE

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       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+   Copyright 2024 Province of British Columbia
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

README.md

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-# nr-architecture-patterns-library
-This repository contains the patterns library from NRM architecture team in confluence space. This is a public view of those library and guidance.
+# NR Architecture Patterns Library
+
+This repository contains the patterns library from NRM architecture team in
+confluence space. This is a public view of those library and guidance.