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Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net>
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Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>

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+CONTRIBUTING TO THE OPENVPN PROJECT
+===================================
+
+Patches should be written against the Git "master" branch. Some patches may get
+backported to a release branch.
+
+We do not currently accept GitHub pull requests for the core OpenVPN project.
+Instead, all patches must be sent to "openvpn-devel" mailing list for review:
+
+- https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
+
+The subject line should preferably be prefixed with [PATCH]. To avoid merging
+issues the patches should be generated with git-format-patch or sent using
+git-send-email. Try to split large patches into small, atomic pieces to make
+reviews easier.
+
+If you want quick feedback on a patch before sending it to openvpn-devel mailing
+list, you can visit the #openvpn-devel channel on irc.freenode.net. Note that
+you need to be logged in to Freenode to join the channel:
+
+- http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup
+
+More detailed contribution instructions are available here:
+
+- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/DeveloperDocumentation
+
+Note that the process for contributing to other OpenVPN projects such as
+openvpn-build, openvpn-gui, tap-windows6 and easy-rsa may differ from what was
+described above. Please refer to the contribution instructions of each
+respective project.