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 Development
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-If you plan to put a non-trivial amount of work into coding new features, it
-is recommended that you first solicit feedback on the DevTalk pseudo-mailing
-list:
+Bitmessage is a collaborative project. You are welcome to submit pull requests 
+although if you plan to put a non-trivial amount of work into coding new
+features, it is recommended that you first solicit feedback on the DevTalk
+pseudo-mailing list:
 BM-2D9QKN4teYRvoq2fyzpiftPh9WP9qggtzh