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+Apache Thrift contrib folder
+========================================
+
+The code in the /contrib folder is not maintained on a regular basis and its purpose is mainly to serve 
+as repository of (a) sample code what can be done with Thrift and (b) possibly helpfil utilities or other 
+potentially useful stuff. 
+
+You are of course free to provide patches for it, but other than that, the contrib stuff may or may not 
+work for your purpose, environment or software version, as it does not part of regular testing procedures.
+
+Below are some links (3rd-party sites) that lead you to some fairly good explanations of how it works.
+
+  * https://drewdevault.com/2020/06/06/Add-a-contrib-directory.html
+  * https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/252053/whats-in-the-contrib-folder
+