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Versioning and stability: Require SemVer #4039

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### Common

- Versioning and stability: Clarify backwards compatibility and SemVer.
([#4039](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/4039))

### Supplementary Guidelines

## v1.33.0 (2024-05-09)
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#### SDK Stability

Public portions of SDK packages MUST remain backwards compatible.
There are two categories of public features: **plugin interfaces** and **constructors**.
Examples of plugins include the SpanProcessor, Exporter, and Sampler interfaces.
Examples of constructors include configuration objects, environment variables, and SDK builders.
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update to the latest version of OpenTelemetry, and not be held back by the
plugins that they depend on.

Public portions of contrib packages (constructors, configuration, interfaces) SHOULD remain backwards compatible.
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Languages which ship binary artifacts SHOULD offer [ABI compatibility](glossary.md#abi-compatibility) for contrib packages.

**Exception:** Contrib packages MAY break stability when a required downstream dependency breaks stability.
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## Version numbers

OpenTelemetry clients follow [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html), with the following clarifications.
OpenTelemetry clients MUST follow [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html), with the following clarifications.
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OpenTelemetry clients have four components: API, SDK, Semantic Conventions, and Contrib.

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