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And a few minor README improvements
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A comprehensive guide to the design and implementation of NFD. The developer's guide
also contains suggestions and hints for anyone wanting to modify or extend NFD.
-* `NDN Software Contributor's Guide <https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__
+* `NDN Software Contributor's Guide <https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__
(guide for newcomers to the NDN community of software)
* `NFD Wiki <https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki>`__