## CODE CONTRIBUTIONS
-The node.js project welcomes new contributors. This document will guide you
+The io.js project welcomes new contributors. This document will guide you
through the process.
or the stable branch. As a rule of thumb, bug fixes go into the stable branch
while new features go into the master branch.
-The stable branch is effectively frozen; patches that change the node.js
+The stable branch is effectively frozen; patches that change the io.js
API/ABI or affect the run-time behavior of applications get rejected.
The rules for the master branch are less strict; consult the
always welcome but API or behavioral changes to modules at stability level 3
and up are off-limits.
-Node.js has several bundled dependencies in the deps/ and the tools/
+io.js has several bundled dependencies in the deps/ and the tools/
directories that are not part of the project proper. Any changes to files
in those directories or its subdirectories should be sent to their respective
projects. Do not send your patch to us, we cannot accept it.
[stability index page]: https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/doc/api/documentation.markdown
[issue tracker]: https://github.com/joyent/node/issues
[node.js mailing list]: http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs
-[IRC]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=node.js
+[IRC]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=io.js
[project maintainers]: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Project-Organization
[node-forward discussion repository]: https://github.com/node-forward/discussions/issues