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 FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under
 GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.
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+## Contributing
+
+Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using
+`git format-patch` or `git send-email`. Github pull requests should be
+avoided because they are not part of our review process. Few developers
+follow pull requests so they will likely be ignored.