old_contents: # This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
  # 
  # Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
  # distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
  # binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
  # means.
  # 
  # In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
  # of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
  # software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
  # of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
  # successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
  # relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
  # software under copyright law.
  # 
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
  # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
  # IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
  # OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
  # ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
  # OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  # 
  # For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
  # 
  
  import locale
  locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C')
  
  import xbmcgui, xbmcplugin, xbmcaddon
  
  addon = xbmcaddon.Addon('plugin.minimal.example-master');
  #note the -master is in the plugin name so that github repo zip download
  #gives a working addon.
  
  username=addon.getSetting('username')
  if username=='':
    username='nobody'
  
  item = xbmcgui.ListItem('Hello, '+username)
  xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(int(sys.argv[1]), '', item, isFolder=0)
  xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(int(sys.argv[1]))
  
  
new_contents: # This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
  # 
  # Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
  # distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
  # binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
  # means.
  # 
  # In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
  # of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
  # software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
  # of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
  # successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
  # relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
  # software under copyright law.
  # 
  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
  # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
  # IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
  # OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
  # ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
  # OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  # 
  # For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
  # 
  
  import xbmcgui, xbmcplugin, xbmcaddon
  
  addon = xbmcaddon.Addon();
  
  username=addon.getSetting('username')
  if username=='':
    username='nobody'
  
  item = xbmcgui.ListItem('Hello, '+username)
  xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(int(sys.argv[1]), '', item, isFolder=0)
  xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(int(sys.argv[1]))
  
  
subject: remove some unnecessary bits