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The OpenSim project encourages contributions from all researchers. Contributions can come in the form of new models or user-developed plug-ins and other utilities.
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In reviewing the OpenSim source code, if you discover what you think is an error in the code or an unexpected result, let us know , by contacting the project team at opensim@stanford.edu.
At the next level, advanced developers may be granted check-in access to the OpenSim source code repository. If you have a well-documented and well-tested plug-in or other utility, we would love to make it part of the main OpenSim distribution so that all users have easy access to it.
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The purpose of our check-in policy is to ensure that OpenSim source code that has been checked-in has undergone real scrutiny, thereby reducing the likelihood of errors. Even the best programmers can fall victim to lack of oversight that leads to duplication and , inefficiency and, worst of all, confusion. For it to be effective, no one is exempt.
The policy is graduated based - on the type of change or addition:
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