CP-1977 Applied some suggestions made by Legal & OSPO (#38)

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Introduction
+
+These APIs have been automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https://openapi-generator.tech/).
+Hence, we only allow contributions to a few non-autogenerated resources under `core/`.
+
+# Getting started
+
+In case you'd like to submit your contribution, the following steps must be followed:
+
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create a new Pull Request
+
+# How to report a bug
+
+If you run into problems using the SDK, you can post [issues](https://github.com/thousandeyes/thousandeyes-sdk-java/issues) here on GitHub.

LICENSE

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       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2024 Cisco ThousandEyes
+   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

NOTICE

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+Copyright 2024 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

README.md

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 ## Description
 
-`thousandeyes-sdk-java` is a set of Java client libraries for
-the [Thousandeyes v7 API](https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/v7/).
+`thousandeyes-sdk-java` is a set of Java client libraries for the [Thousandeyes v7 API](https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/v7/).
 
 ## Installation and usage
 
-Each of the APIs being published include a README file with instruction on how to install and use
-the API.
+Each of the APIs being published include a README file with instruction on how to install and use the API.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-These APIs have been automatically generated by
-the [OpenAPI Generator](https://openapi-generator.tech/). Hence, we only allow contributions to the
-following list of non-autogenerated resources under `core/`:
-
-* `authentication`
-* `client-native`
-* `client`
-* `examples`
-
-For these resources, the following steps must be followed:
-
-1. Fork the repository
-2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
-3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
-4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
-5. Create a new Pull Request
+Thanks for your interest in contributing! There are many ways to contribute to this project. Get started [here](/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## License
 
-This library is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license found in the [LICENSE](/LICENSE) file.
-
-## Need help?
-
-If you run into problems using the SDK, you can
-post [issues](https://github.com/thousandeyes/thousandeyes-sdk-java/issues) here on GitHub.
+This library is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license found in the [LICENSE](/LICENSE) file.