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+TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROJECT PLEASE FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES:
+1. Don't modify the master branch. Do everything in a separate branch
+2. Update the README.md with details of changes to the interface, this includes new environment variables, exposed ports,       useful file locations and container parameters.
+3. Increase the version numbers in any examples files and the README.md to the new version that this Pull Request would represent.
+4. You may merge the Pull Request in once you have the sign-off of two other developers, or if you do not have permission to do that, you may request the second reviewer to merge it for you.