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+All contributions (`contrib` and `examples` folders) have now been
+moved to a separate git repository at:
+
+https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-contrib
+
+This `examples` folder remains because its contents are compiled by
+SetupWeb, so that when you run the GF cloud server locally you already
+have some toy grammars to play with.
+
+Any updates to these grammars should be made at the gf-contrib repository
+above; changes will be copied from there to here manually.
+
+John J. Camilleri
+2013-09-16