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@@ -901,6 +901,16 @@ tests will fail as they require full packet support! If possible, please also wr
 a unit test for your changes. However, if the unit test is just a tautology and an
 integration/traffic test will suit better, then do that instead.
 
+This project does not accept AI or LLM contributions in any form. Any pull request,
+issue, documentation, code review or other contribution created in whole or in part
+by AI will be rejected. Any prior contribution found to be generated in whole or in
+part by AI will be removed. Contributors are asked to understand and take responsibility
+for any contributions they submit to this project. If you are unsure or need help
+getting started please open an issue describing what you're attempting to do and we
+will work together to figure it out. Similarly, if you get stuck or need somebody
+to talk through an implementation with you please open a pull request describing
+what you want to accomplish and what you're stuck on.
+
 For documentation on how the protocol layer works, see "PROTOCOL". For documentation
 on how the eAmusement server is intended to work, see "BACKEND". Inside `bemani/data/`
 the various DB model files have comments detailing the intended usage of each of the