| ## Contributing to Kafka |
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| *Before opening a pull request*, review the [Contributing](https://kafka.apache.org/contributing.html) and [Contributing Code Changes](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Contributing+Code+Changes) pages. |
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| It lists steps that are required before creating a PR. |
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| When you contribute code, you affirm that the contribution is your original work and that you |
| license the work to the project under the project's open source license. Whether or not you |
| state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via pull request, email, or |
| other means you agree to license the material under the project's open source license and |
| warrant that you have the legal authority to do so. |
