CONTRIBUTING.md — Stewardship and Contribution Protocol¶

Curated by: MJ Ahmad — Steward of Ethical Inheritance
Document Type: Constitutional Onboarding
Last Updated: October 17, 2025

🧭 Purpose¶

This document guides contributors in ethically participating in the MJ-Ahmad Documentation Hub. Every contribution is a constitutional act — not a transaction.

🛡️ Stewardship Principles¶

🧠 Clarity over complexity — All contributions must be child-readable or glossary-linked
🧾 Traceability over speed — All edits must include audit hashes and metadata
🧘 Dignity over prestige — No contribution may be ranked, only reviewed
🛡️ Ethics over ego — All logic must pass nxn-ethics validation

🧾 Contribution Steps¶

Fork the repository
Activate your role via governance/role-activation.md
Review the community charter in governance/community-charter.md
Submit your artifact with:
Metadata file (*.metadata.json)
Audit hash entry in audit/change-log.json
Glossary references if needed
Request review via governance/review-protocol.md
Distribute ethically via distribution-engine/README.md

🧬 Accepted Contributions¶

Documentation modules
Logic rules and ethics extensions
Glossary terms
Audit scripts
Child-readable wrappers
Metadata schemas
Stewardship protocols

🔐 Licensing¶

All contributions are governed by the Ethical Inheritance License. No submission may be used for exclusion, distortion, or ego-driven control.

“To contribute here is to protect the future — not just to build.”
— MJ Ahmad