Add Contributing Guidelines

Author: julienschmidt

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing Guidelines
+
+## Reporting Issues
+
+Please provide the following minimum information:
+* Your Go-MySQL-Driver version (or git SHA)
+* Your Go version (run `go version` in your console)
+* A detailed issue description
+* Error Log if present
+* If possible, a short example
+
+
+## Contributing Code
+
+By contributing to this project, you share your code under the Mozilla Public License 2, as specified in the LICENSE file.
+Don't forget to add yourself to the AUTHORS file.
+
+### Pull Requests Checklist
+
+Please check the following points before submitting your pull request:
+- [x] Code compiles correctly
+- [x] Created tests, if possible
+- [x] All tests pass
+- [x] Extended the README / documentation, if necessary
+- [x] Added yourself to the AUTHORS file
+
+### Code Review
+
+Everyone is invited to review and comment on pull requests.
+If it looks fine to you, comment with "LGTM" (Looks good to me).
+
+If changes are required, notice the reviewers with "PTAL" (Please take another look) after committing the fixes.
+
+Before merging the Pull Request, at least one [team member](https://github.com/go-sql-driver?tab=members) must have commented with "LGTM".

README.md

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 Go-MySQL-Driver is not feature-complete yet. Your help is very appreciated.
 If you want to contribute, you can work on an [open issue](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/issues?state=open) or review a [pull request](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/pulls).
 
-Code changes must be proposed via a Pull Request and must be reviewed. Only *LGTM*-ed (" *Looks good to me* ") code may be committed to the master branch.
+See the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
 
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