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 This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything may change at any time
-and the public API should not be considered stable.
-
 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.