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@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ questions or doubts, don't be afraid to send them our way. We appreciate all
 contributions, and we are looking forward to fostering an open, transparent, and
 collaborative environment.
 
+## Package authorship
+These guidelines build on the recommendations in [R packages](https://r-pkgs.org/).
+
+* Maintainer: The CFA team member who is actively in charge of maintaining the
+package.
+* Authors: Any CFA team member who has taken a lead role in code development,
+review, testing, etc.
+* Contributors: Team members who have made smaller but substantial contributions
+to the codebase (40+ hours, including coding, code review, testing, etc.)
+* Smaller contributions: Smaller contributiosn of code to this repo or
+to its predecessor, cdcent/cfa-nnh-pipelines, including small bug fixes,
+issuees, or code review will not be granted package authorship in the
+description file, but may be acknowledged in NEWS.md or release notes if
+appropriate
+
 Before contributing, we encourage you to also read our [LICENSE](LICENSE),
 [README](README.md), and
 [code-of-conduct](code-of-conduct.md)

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