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+Contributing to this project
+============================
+
+Thank you for considering to add to this project! Before you start writing code, here's a few tips:
+
+Small changes / Bugfixes
+------------------------
+
+Make sure you target the `version-2.x` branch when you're working on your change and submitting your PR.
+The `main` branch will become Version 3, which is currently unreleased and will have a few breaking changes,
+such as switching to ESM and dropping support for older Node versions.
+
+There's no release date for 3.x, so if you want your compact change in the next release: base it on `version-2.x`.
+
+Large changes / Major features / new OAuth2 flow/features/grant types
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Drop me a line first with your plan before you start! I'm very open to adding things from the OAuth2 ecosystem,
+but getting alignment on the approach can potentially save time. Since I'm likely the person to maintain your
+feature after it was merged, I want to have high confidence I understand it really well, and I'm still learning
+this massive ecosystem.
+
+OpenID Connect
+--------------
+
+Currently this library will not expand it's scope to support OpenID Connect. The main reason is that it requires
+bringing in a JWT library, which is in conflict with the design goal of making a 0-dependency, lean OAuth2 library.
+
+This may change in the future, but right now OpenID is not a goal.
+
+However, I am open to small additions / new parameters to this library from the OpenID suite of standards.
+For example, this library supports the `response_mode` parameter.
+