## Contributing to Kafka
*Before opening a pull request*, review the [Contributing](https://kafka.apache.org/contributing.html) and [Contributing Code Changes](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Contributing+Code+Changes) pages.
It lists steps that are required before creating a PR.
When you contribute code, you affirm that the contribution is your original work and that you
license the work to the project under the project's open source license. Whether or not you
state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via pull request, email, or
other means you agree to license the material under the project's open source license and
warrant that you have the legal authority to do so.
