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+This project is NOT open for direct contributions (you may still
+contribute by providing patches for download somewhere else for
+example).
+
+You still can open a PR if you like. But it may be not accepted, or even
+just ignored.
+
+If the PR is accepted or not, solely depends on this projects original
+authors opinion. There are NO objective "rules" or similar that need to
+be fulfilled for a PR to get merged. It only gets merged if the original
+author thinks he should merge it.
+
+For example there are neither any formatting rules nor is there any
+definition of what kind of changes even are allowed in this project. (As
+already said) this fully depends on the original authors opinion and
+even facts are not accepted as arguments.
+
+Be aware that opinions are no hard rules too. Therefore they can change
+at will. Only because a similar decision was made earlier, does not mean
+that now a similar approach is acceptable.
+
+Further, the original projects author may apply any changes of any kind
+before or after merging a contribution.
+
+If a PR does not get merged, it is recommended to publish your work as
+patch files somewhere outside this repository.
+