new instruction files for would-be contributors

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+Charles McGarvey <onefriedrice@brokenzipper.com>
+Adrien Pujol <thepolux@gmail.com>
+nil <foo.null@yahoo.com>
+Zhe Fang <fangzhe@msn.com>

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+
+The Simplified BSD License
+
+Copyright (c) 2003-2010, Charles McGarvey et al.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+

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+
+Hello cheaters,
+
+This is the epic universal game trainer for Mac OS X.  It lets you search
+and replace variables in other running processes.  With practice, you can
+use this software to make interesting things happen in games and other
+programs.
+
+This source code is licensed under the terms and conditions of the 2-clause
+BSD license.  See the file COPYING for the legal text.
+
+The Cheat is now maintained only by people like you, who make changes and
+decide to share a patch here or there.  I maintain the source repository
+for this purpose, but I no longer have a Mac and have not been able to make
+any code changes myself for many years.  If you want to share your changes
+with the rest of the world, the following methods are acceptable:
+
+- If you use git, tell me where to pull from.
+- If not, just send your patches via email attachment.
+- You can always just fork it.
+
+Refer to the project page <http://www.dogcows.com/chaz/wiki/TheCheat> for
+the contact information of the maintainer.
+
+Regards,
+Charles McGarvey
+