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 If you want to contribute to openSNP, you are more than welcome to do so:
 
+* There's a [code of conduct](https://github.com/gedankenstuecke/snpr/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md) which lines out how we intereact with each other.
 * We use [the issue tracker at GitHub](https://github.com/gedankenstuecke/snpr/issues)
   for everything that needs to be done. And there is the [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/snpr-development) which we use for discuss running openSNP.org and other issues not directly related to the code-base.
 * Running `rake notes` may give you some hints about things that can be