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chore(repo): add BACKERS and CONTRIBUTORS rosters; ignore SBOMs#5

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Summary

  • Adds BACKERS.md listing recurring and one-time sponsors by tier (Commercial License, Operator, Builder, Backer, One-time), with auto-insertion markers reserved for a future sponsor webhook.
  • Adds CONTRIBUTORS.md covering code contributors, founding sponsors, security researchers, and triage/design reviewers, plus an opt-out clause for private contributors.
  • Defers the broken Contributor License Agreement link (CLA is a separate legal artefact) and drops the (forthcoming) qualifier from the SECURITY.md reference, which already exists.
  • Normalises spelling to American "license" to match README.md, the LICENSE badge, and SECURITY.md.
  • Ignores *.cdx.json so CycloneDX SBOMs generated by the cargo sbom workflow stay as build artefacts rather than tracked source.

Test plan

  • git status shows no untracked SBOM files after the gitignore rule lands.
  • grep -n "[Ll]icenc" BACKERS.md CONTRIBUTORS.md returns no matches (American spelling enforced).
  • grep -n "—" BACKERS.md CONTRIBUTORS.md returns no matches (no em-dashes in committed prose).
  • All ruleset-required CI checks pass.
  • Manual: review rendered Markdown on the PR diff for both files.

The cargo sbom workflow regenerates *.cdx.json files on every CI
run. Treating them as source pollutes git history with build output
and risks merge conflicts on every release. Ignore them so SBOMs
stay where they belong: as workflow artefacts attached to runs and
releases.

Signed-off-by: MicrosoftWindows96 <spam@zagrosi.com>
Adds two public-facing governance files referenced by the Sponsors
profile, FUNDING.yml, and the future sponsor onboarding flow:

  * BACKERS.md groups recurring sponsors by tier (Commercial License
    at $500/mo, Operator at $100/mo, Builder at $25/mo, Backer at
    $5/mo) plus a one-time sponsor section. Each tier carries a
    short, accurate description of what the sponsor receives. Auto
    insertion markers are reserved so a future webhook bot can
    update entries without touching surrounding prose.

  * CONTRIBUTORS.md combines code contributors, founding sponsors,
    security researchers, and triage and design reviewers in one
    place, with criteria for each category and an opt-out clause
    for private contributors.

Two corrections relative to the initial draft:

  * Defer the broken Contributor License Agreement reference rather
    than link to a missing path. The CLA is a separate legal
    artefact and will land in its own change.

  * Drop the "(forthcoming)" qualifier from the SECURITY.md mention
    since SECURITY.md already exists at the repository root, and
    link to it.

Spelling normalised to American "license" to match README, the
LICENSE badge, and SECURITY.md.

Signed-off-by: MicrosoftWindows96 <spam@zagrosi.com>
@zagrosi-code zagrosi-code merged commit 4f0e49d into main May 9, 2026
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