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+We're a pretty small and informal community, so I think I can make this small and informal:
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+- Registration on git.ourfore.st is locked for anti-bot reasons. Bug bowie if you want access.
+- Start a new branch either here or on another gitforge (preferably https://codeburg.org), and submit a PR
+- No stolen and/or LLM-Generated code
+- Thank you and much love for peeking at, using, and maybe even contributing to Canopy! <3
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+-Bowie
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