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CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Ensure that contributors for downstream dependencies get notified
 # cf. https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
 
+# Note that being a "code owner" is not indicative of any other formal
+# relationship to OpenPulse (beyond having write access for the repo)
+# or the OpenQASM technical steering committee. Perhaps a more
+# appropriate name would be "principal code reviewer".
 
 # Global owners, notify unless a more specific match occurs
 * @aspcompiler @jcjaskula-aws