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+# Contributing to Next.js
+
+Our Commitment to Open Source can be found [here](https://zeit.co/blog/oss)
+
+1. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) this repository to your own GitHub account and then [clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) it to your local device.
+2. Install the dependencies: `npm install`
+3. Run `npm link` to link the local repo to NPM
+4. Run npm run build in a new terminal to build and watch for code changes
+5. Then npm link this repo inside any example app with `npm link next`
+6. Then you can run your example app with the local version of Next.js (You may need to re-run the example app as you change server side code in the Next.js repository)
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 Our Roadmap towards 2.0.0 [is public](https://github.com/zeit/next.js/wiki/Roadmap#nextjs-200).
 
+## Contributing
+
+Please see our [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
 ## Authors
 
 - Naoyuki Kanezawa ([@nkzawa](https://twitter.com/nkzawa)) – ▲ZEIT