From e0a9e69523fa9aa2ebe4acb20b8ec49c2542c358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Gurney <daniel@gurney.dev>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:38:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial contributing guidelines

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+# Contribution guidelines
+The 86Box project welcomes contributions from anyone, as long as some basic guidelines are followed.
+
+## Emulated hardware
+In order to accept new emulated hardware, the following criteria must be met:
+
+* A ROM must be available and be added to [our ROM repository](https://github.com/86Box/roms)
+* Documentation must be available or it must be feasible to reverse engineer with a reasonable amount of time and effort
+* It must be feasible to implement with a reasonable amount of time and effort
+* It has to fall inside the project's scope
+
+## Questions
+If you're unsure about any aspect of contributing, don't hesitate to get in touch via any of our official communities linked in our [readme](README.md#community) or [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/86Box/86Box/discussions).

From e70c476a0a42c4c0d62f5c0611dde68c3f6eec9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Gurney <daniel@gurney.dev>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:44:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Link to contribution guidelines in readme

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 [![Visit our Discord server](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/262614059009048590/embed.png)](https://discord.gg/QXK9XTv)
 
+Contributions
+---------
+We welcome all contributions to the project, as long as the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) are followed.
+
 Licensing
 ---------
 86Box is released under the [GNU General Public License, version 2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html) or later. For more information, see the `COPYING` file in the root of the repository.