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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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Expand Up @@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ To ensure your Pull Request is dealt with swiftly, please check the following (c
- [ ] Any software project you are adding to the list is actively maintained.
- [ ] Any software project you are adding was first released more than 4 months ago.
- [ ] Any software project you are adding has working installation instructions.
- [ ] You understand that your Pull Request will be merged ~1 week after approval, to allow for further comments if needed.
- [ ] You understand that your Pull Request will be merged at least ~1 week after approval, depending on maintainers time.
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Expand Up @@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ In addition to guidelines listed in the [Pull Request template](.github/PULL_REQ
- If you are adding software forked from another active project, please provide/link to a clear list of differences between both.
- If the project is forked from another project, please add `(fork of $PROJECT)` at the end of the description.
- If the project distributes a single static binary, please add the programming language in which it is written.
- Machine/LLM-generated contributions, that do not respect project guidelines are not allowed and will result in a ban.
- Constructive reviews from non-maintainers are welcome.
- Any maintainer with merge permissions can merge submissions/PRs, if their time allows and they have sufficient confidence that the submission is a good fit for the list. Consensus is preferable but not required.

### What does not qualify

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