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-We always appreciate your contribution. This page guides ThorVG contribution format.
+We always appreciate your contribution. ThorVG doesn't expect perfect patch contributions, instead we expect contributions if your patch makes thorvg better than before. This page guides the ThorVG contribution format.
## Reviewers
Hermet Park (hermet) is the lead maintainer but there are designated sub-module maintainers you can request for your pull-requst patches as well.