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+Andrey Brindeyev <abrindeyev@griddynamics.com>
+Brian Lamar <brian.lamar@rackspace.com>
+Brian Waldon <brian.waldon@rackspace.com>
+Chris Behrens <cbehrens@codestud.com>
+Christopher MacGown <chris@pistoncloud.com>
+Ed Leafe <ed@leafe.com>
+Eldar Nugaev <eldr@ya.ru>
+Ilya Alekseyev <ilyaalekseyev@acm.org>
+Johannes Erdfelt <johannes.erdfelt@rackspace.com>
+Josh Kearney <josh@jk0.org>
+Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell@rackspace.com>
+Kirill Shileev <kshileev@griddynamics.com>
+Lvov Maxim <mlvov@mirantis.com>
+Matt Dietz <matt.dietz@rackspace.com>
+Sandy Walsh <sandy.walsh@rackspace.com>
+jerdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>
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+Nova Style Commandments
+=======================
+
+Step 1: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
+Step 2: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ again
+Step 3: Read on
+
+Imports
+-------
+- thou shalt not import objects, only modules
+- thou shalt not import more than one module per line
+- thou shalt not make relative imports
+- thou shalt organize your imports according to the following template
+
+::
+  # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+  {{stdlib imports in human alphabetical order}}
+  \n
+  {{nova imports in human alphabetical order}}
+  \n
+  \n
+  {{begin your code}}
+
+
+General
+-------
+- thou shalt put two newlines twixt toplevel code (funcs, classes, etc)
+- thou shalt put one newline twixt methods in classes and anywhere else
+- thou shalt not write "except:", use "except Exception:" at the very least
+- thou shalt include your name with TODOs as in "TODO(termie)"
+- thou shalt not name anything the same name as a builtin or reserved word
+- thou shalt not violate causality in our time cone, or else
+
+
+Human Alphabetical Order Examples
+---------------------------------
+::
+  import httplib
+  import logging
+  import random
+  import StringIO
+  import time
+  import unittest
+
+  from nova import flags
+  from nova import test
+  from nova.auth import users
+  from nova.endpoint import api
+  from nova.endpoint import cloud
+
+Docstrings
+----------
+  """A one line docstring looks like this and ends in a period."""
+
+
+  """A multiline docstring has a one-line summary, less than 80 characters.
+
+  Then a new paragraph after a newline that explains in more detail any
+  general information about the function, class or method. Example usages
+  are also great to have here if it is a complex class for function. After
+  you have finished your descriptions add an extra newline and close the
+  quotations.
+
+  When writing the docstring for a class, an extra line should be placed
+  after the closing quotations. For more in-depth explanations for these
+  decisions see http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/
+
+  If you are going to describe parameters and return values, use Sphinx, the
+  appropriate syntax is as follows.
+
+  :param foo: the foo parameter
+  :param bar: the bar parameter
+  :returns: description of the return value
+
+  """