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+# How to Contribute
+
+The project currently does not accept pull requests.
+
+## Community Guidelines
+
+This project follows
+[Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google/conduct/).
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+# Iris: Synchronous and Distributed Blackbox Optimization at Scale
+
+**Disclaimer:** This is not an officially supported Google product.