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-domain: rfc.zeromq.org
-shortname: 42/C4
-name: Collective Code Construction Contract
-status: stable
-editor: Pieter Hintjens <ph@imatix.com>
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-
 The Collective Code Construction Contract (C4) is an evolution of the github.com [Fork + Pull Model](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/), aimed at providing an optimal collaboration model for free software projects. This is revision 2 of the C4 specification and deprecates RFC 22.
 
 ## License