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+# Orion
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+Orion is an open-source development platform focused on creating applications for the web, in the web.
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+The vision behind Orion is to move software development to the web by
+enabling open tool integration through HTTP and REST, JSON, OAuth, OpenID, and others.
+We exploit internet design principles throughout, allowing Orion to be easily run in the browser, locally and in Electron.
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+Great care has been taken to provide a world class web development experience, rather than to recreate the traditional desktop
+IDE experience in a browser tab.
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+Please refer to our [project page](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ecd.orion) for plan and overall project information, or
+head over to the [wiki](http://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion) for even more information about Orion.
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+## Contributing
+
+For complete details on getting the source and getting setup to develop Orion see the [wiki](http://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion/Getting_the_source).
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+Bug reports and patches are welcome in [bugzilla](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Orion), you can also open pull requests directly against the repository the fix applies to.
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+## License
+Dual-licensed under the [Eclipse Public License v1.0](http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html) and the [Eclipse Distribution License v1.0](http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.html).
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