added code of conduct and note to readme fix #5

CONDUCT.md

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+# Contributor Code of Conduct
+
+As contributors and maintainers of this project, we pledge to respect all people who 
+contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation,
+submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
+
+We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for
+everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression,
+sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, or religion.
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include the use of sexual language or
+imagery, derogatory comments or personal attacks, trolling, public or private harassment,
+insults, or other unprofessional conduct.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments,
+commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this 
+Code of Conduct. Project maintainers who do not follow the Code of Conduct may be removed 
+from the project team.
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by 
+opening an issue or contacting one or more of the project maintainers.
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant 
+(http:contributor-covenant.org), version 1.0.0, available at 
+http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/0/0/

README.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ occurrences.get(taxonKey = 252408386)
 occurrences.count(isGeoreferenced = True)
 ```
 
-## LICENSE
+## Meta
 
-MIT, see [LICENSE file](LICENSE)
+* License: MIT, see [LICENSE file](LICENSE)
+* Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.