CONTRIBUTING.md: mention that the meta.license and meta.maintainers

attributes must be set
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The old config generation system used impure shell scripts and could break in specific circumstances (see #1234).
* `meta.description` should:
* Be capitalized
* Not start with the package name
* Not have a dot at the end
* Be capitalized.
* Not start with the package name.
* Not have a period at the end.
* `meta.license` must be set and fit the upstream license.
* `meta.maintainers` must be set.
See the nixpkgs manual for more details on how to [Submit changes to nixpkgs](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-submitting-changes).
See the nixpkgs manual for more details on [standard meta-attributes](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-standard-meta-attributes) and on how to [submit changes to nixpkgs](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-submitting-changes).
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