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+# Contributing to Eclipse CHESS
+
+This guide provides all necessary information to enable [contributors and committers](https://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/#2_3_1_Contributors_and_Committers) to contribute to Eclipse CHESS.
+
+## Eclipse CHESS
+CHESS implements the CHESS UML/SysML profile, a specialization of the Modeling and Analysis of Real-Time and Embedded Systems (MARTE) profile, by producing extensions to Papyrus that provide component-based engineering methodology and tool support for the development of high-integrity embedded systems in different domains like satellite on board systems.
+
+## Developer resources
+
+ * [CHESS Website](https://www.eclipse.org/chess/start.html)
+ * [CHESS devel Website](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/polarsys.chess)
+ * [Forum](https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/529/)
+ * Mailing list: Join our [developer list](https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/chess-dev)
+ * Bugs? [BugZilla](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Chess) is where to report them
+
+## Eclipse Contributor Agreement
+
+Before your contribution can be accepted by the project team, contributors must
+electronically sign the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA).
+
+* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php
+
+Commits that are provided by non-committers must have a Signed-off-by field in
+the footer indicating that the author is aware of the terms by which the
+contribution has been provided to the project. The non-committer must
+additionally have an Eclipse Foundation account and must have a signed Eclipse
+Contributor Agreement (ECA) on file.
+
+For more information, please see the Eclipse Committer Handbook:
+https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit
+
+## Contact
+
+Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list.
+
+* chess-dev@eclipse.org
+
+## How to contribute
+
+The CHESS source code can be found [here](git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/chess/chess.git).
+
+We use Gerrit to review all changes by (non-committer) contributors before
+they are merged:
+
+https://git.eclipse.org/r/chess/chess
+
+To build the project, go to repo\org.polarsys.chess.parent\ and execute mvn -P "Eclipse-Neon-Java8" install.
+
+The branch 'devel' contains the contributions that will be included in the next release.
+
+### Committer contribution process
+1. (you) If needed, open Issue on BugZilla
+2. (you) Create a branch from the devel branch. The branch prefix name is the ID of the issue.
+3. (you) Work on it
+4. (you) Run regression tests
+5. (other committer) Review the code
+6. (other committer) Merge new branch into devel
+7. (other committer) Update CHESS_devel update-site and bundle
