developer values

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+Development Philosophy
+======================
+
+Requests is an open but opinionated library, created by an open but opinionated developer.
+
+
+Benevolent Dictator for Life
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`Kenneth Reitz <http://kennethreitz.org>`_ is the BDFL. He has final say in any decision related to Requests.
+
+Values
+~~~~~~
+
+
+- Simplicity is always better than functionality.
+- Listen to everyone, then disregard it.
+- The API is all that matters. Everything else is secondary.
+- Fit the 90% use-case. Ignore the nay-sayers.
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 #. Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
    There is a Contributor Friendly tag for issues that should be ideal for people who are not very
    familiar with the codebase yet.
-#. Fork `the repository <https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests>`_ on Github to start making your
-   changes to the **master** branch (or branch off of it).
+#. Fork `the repository <https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests>`_ on Github andstart making your
+   changes to a new branch.
 #. Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
 #. Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :)
    Make sure to add yourself to `AUTHORS <https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst>`_.