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+# Contributing to CalcForCardiac
+
+By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be part of this project and remain under the project's license.
+
+You may not reuse or redistribute this code outside this repository.
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+Copyright (c) 2026 Saksham Vitwekar
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+You are allowed to:
+
+* View the source code
+* Fork the repository for personal or educational purposes
+* Submit pull requests to this repository
+
+You are NOT allowed to:
+
+* Copy, reuse, or redistribute this code (in whole or in part)
+* Use this code in your own projects (commercial or non-commercial)
+* Host or deploy this code elsewhere
+
+Permission may be granted upon explicit written approval from the author.