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+CosmosOS is a volunteer effort. We encourage you to pitch in. Join the team!
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+- Before you begin work, make sure to clear it with the project owners. It will save a lot of time down the road.
+- Fork the project over to your account, do not request repostory access.
+- Please don't "bump" your issue(s). If you've filed it, we have seen it.
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+Want to get started contributing to Cosmos? Check out the open issues page:
+- [High priority](https://github.com/CosmosOS/Cosmos/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Apriority_high)
+- [Medium priority](https://github.com/CosmosOS/Cosmos/labels/priority_medium)
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+Thanks!
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+Cosmos Team