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 Would you like to know more? Read the [original presentation](https://t.co/GGPr7HJZYR), blog post coming soon.
 
-Licence: MIT
+## Contributing
+
+We welcome pull requests, bug fixes and issue reports. With that said, the bar for adding new symbols to this package is intentionally set high.
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+Before proposing a change, please discuss your change by raising an issue.
+
+## Licence
+
+MIT