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From: Robert Edmonds <edmonds@fsi.io>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:40:49 -0400
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+## Contributing
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+The most recently released `protobuf-c` version is kept on the `master` branch, while the `next` branch is used for commits targeted at the next release. Please base patches and pull requests against the `next` branch. __Do not open pull requests against master!__
+
+Copyright to all contributions are retained by the original author, but must be licensed under the terms of the [BSD-2-Clause](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) license.