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+We are more than happy to help you contributing to Brevitas.
+
+Please follow the steps below and be sure that your contribution complies with our guidelines.
+
+1. If you are looking for some issues to get started with, we have a list of <a href="https://github.com/Xilinx/brevitas/labels/good%20first%20issue">good first issues</a> in the issue tracker.
+
+2. If you have some suggestion for features or have encoutered any bugs, don't hesitate to reach out through <a href="https://github.com/Xilinx/brevitas/issues">Brevitas Issue</a>
+
+	We welcome submissions for:
+
+	* New features like novel PTQ algorithms. Keep in mind that Brevitas tends to integrate new algorithms within the existing infrastructure rather than having standalone implementations
+	* Support for new quantized layers
+	* Support for new quantized topologies under brevitas_examples
+	* Contributions to the documentation and Jupyter notebooks/tutorials
+ 	* Bugfixes
+
+
+2. Submitting your pull request:
+
+	1. Fork this repository to your own GitHub account using the *fork* button above.
+
+	2. Clone the fork to your local computer using *git clone*. Checkout the branch you want to work on.
+
+	3. Please install <a href="https://pre-commit.com/" target="_blank">pre-commit</a> to ensure your code is formatted to our style guidelines.
+
+	4. Add your contribution as needed.
+
+	5. Use *git add*, *git commit*, *git push* to add changes to your fork.
+
+	6. If you are introducing new functionality or fixing a bug, add at least one unit test under the `tests/` folder and make sure it passes before you submit the pull request.
+
+	7. Submit a pull request by clicking the *pull request* button on your GitHub repo:
+		* The <a href="https://github.com/Xilinx/brevitas" target="_blank">main branch</a> should always be treated as stable and clean. Only hot fixes are allowed to be pull-requested. The hot fix is supposed to be very important such that without this fix, a lot of things will break.
+		*  For new features, bug fixes, doc updates, users should pull request against the <a href="https://github.com/Xilinx/brevitas/tree/dev" target="_blank">development branch</a>.
+
+3. Sign Your Work
+
+Please use the *Signed-off-by* line at the end of your patch which indicates that you accept the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) defined by https://developercertificate.org/ reproduced below::
+
+```
+  Developer Certificate of Origin
+  Version 1.1
+
+  Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+  1 Letterman Drive
+  Suite D4700
+  San Francisco, CA, 94129
+
+  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+  license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+  Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+  By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+  (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+      have the right to submit it under the open source license
+      indicated in the file; or
+
+  (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+      of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+      license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+      work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+      by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+      permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+      in the file; or
+
+  (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+      person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+      it.
+
+  (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+      are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+      personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+      maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+      this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+```
+
+You can enable Signed-off-by automatically by adding the `-s` flag to the `git commit` command.
+
+Here is an example Signed-off-by line which indicates that the contributor accepts DCO:
+
+```
+  This is my commit message
+
+  Signed-off-by: Jane Doe <jane.doe@example.com>
+```
+
+4. We will review your contribution and, if any additional fixes or modifications are
+necessary, may provide feedback to guide you. When accepted, your pull request will
+be merged to the repository. If you have more questions please contact us.