add research notice to readme
... so contributors can be aware we will be gathering metrics about this repo over the next year :)
@@ -141,3 +141,12 @@ ReproZip is currently being developed at [NYU][nyu]. The team includes:
[ds]: http://cs.nyu.edu/shasha/
[vr]: https://vicky.rampin.org/
[nyu]: http://engineering.nyu.edu/
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+### Research notice
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+Please note that this repository is participating in a study into sustainability of open source projects. Data will be gathered about this repository for approximately the next 12 months, starting from June 2021.
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+Data collected will include number of contributors, number of PRs, time taken to close/merge these PRs, and issues closed.
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+For more information, please visit [the informational page](https://sustainable-open-science-and-software.github.io/) or download the [participant information sheet](https://sustainable-open-science-and-software.github.io/assets/PIS_sustainable_software.pdf).
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