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+# Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant
+to clarify expected behavior in our community.
+For more information, see the [.NET Foundation Code of Conduct](https://dotnetfoundation.org/code-of-conduct).
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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+# .NET Runtime Lab
+
+This repo is for experimentation and exploring new ideas that may or may not make it into the main [dotnet/runtime](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime) repo.
+
+## Active Experimental Projects
+
+Currently, this repo contains the following experimental projects:
+
+- TODO
+
+## Filing issues
+
+This repo should contain issues that are tied to the experiments hosted here. 
+
+For other issues, please use the following repos:
+
+- For .NET Runtime issues, file in the [dotnet/runtime](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime) repo
+- For .NET SDK issues, file in the [dotnet/sdk](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk) repo
+- For ASP.NET issues, file in the [dotnet/aspnetcore](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore) repo.
+
+## Reporting security issues and security bugs
+
+Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, via email, to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) <secure@microsoft.com>. You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the [Security TechCenter](https://www.microsoft.com/msrc/faqs-report-an-issue).
+
+Also see info about related [Microsoft .NET Core and ASP.NET Core Bug Bounty Program](https://www.microsoft.com/msrc/bounty-dot-net-core).
+
+## .NET Foundation
+
+.NET Runtime is a [.NET Foundation](https://www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects) project.
+
+This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org/) to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information, see the [.NET Foundation Code of Conduct](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/code-of-conduct).
+
+## License
+
+.NET (including the runtime repo) is licensed under the [MIT](LICENSE.TXT) license.
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+# Security Policy
+
+## Supported Versions
+
+The .NET Core and ASP.NET Core support policy, including supported versions can be found at the [.NET Core Support Policy Page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core).
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+Security issues and bugs should be reported privately to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), either by emailing secure@microsoft.com or via the portal at https://msrc.microsoft.com. 
+You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your 
+original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the [MSRC Report an Issue FAQ](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/faqs-report-an-issue).
+
+Reports via MSRC may qualify for the .NET Core Bug Bounty. Details of the .NET Core Bug Bounty including terms and conditions are at [https://aka.ms/corebounty](https://aka.ms/corebounty).
+
+Please do not open issues for anything you think might have a security implication.