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 ## Issues
 
-If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us
- through a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/tianon/dockerfiles/issues).
-
-You can also reach many of the official image maintainers via the
-`#docker-library` IRC channel on [Freenode](https://freenode.net).
-
-## Contributing
-
-You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small;
-we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them
-as fast as we can.
-
-Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans 
-through a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/tianon/dockerfiles/issues), especially for more ambitious
-contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right
-direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone
-else is working on the same thing.
+This image is provided on an as-is basis.  If problems with it are discovered,
+they can be discussed in the `#docker-library` IRC channel on
+[Freenode](https://freenode.net), but any support will be best-effort.
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+## Issues
+
+This image is provided on an as-is basis.  If problems with it are discovered,
+they can be discussed in the `#docker-library` IRC channel on
+[Freenode](https://freenode.net), but any support will be best-effort.