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@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ It’s pretty early still, and we have strong opinions about how we want to do t
 That said, we will seriously consider any pull requests we do get. Just note that we may not accept them, or we may accept them and do a bunch of revision.
 
 It’s probably a good idea to let us know first what you’d like to do. ([Ask on Twitter](https://twitter.com/evergreen_mac), or email brent@ranchero.com, or post something to the [bug tracker](https://github.com/brentsimmons/Evergreen/issues).)
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+In the future — some time after 1.0 ships — we expect to want contributions. The plan is *not* to make this a one-person show forever.