From b9c8afbbc12452edc3f4ac50cc1eda9ed0ee7f61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bicarus <202771338+bicarus-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:33:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md with DLL bundling guidelines

Added note about bundling third-party DLL binaries in contributions.
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bff2252..17a64d4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ To contribute, fork the repo (just the main branch), make changes in your fork,
 * Any additions to built-in patches (modifications / removals are OK if we have a good reason).
 * Changes to the software license terms.
 * Localization / translation for UI text. It becomes too difficult to manage by the maintainers.
+* Bundling third party DLL binary; e.g., Discord Social SDK, PC light control integration, and so on. These should be built as hook DLLs instead, optionally with [Spice SDK](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Spice-SDK).
 
 ### Avoiding regressions