Bug 424460: Create README and CONTRIBUTING files
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=424460
(cherry picked from commit d1c4de9796b75ecf0a51ecf11cc02edbe297ce18)
Change-Id: I131fb2720c5d990fe3d0364c7f79120d3e8c88f5
Reviewed-on: https://git.eclipse.org/r/20584
Reviewed-by: Jeremie Bresson <jbr@bsiag.com>
IP-Clean: Jeremie Bresson <jbr@bsiag.com>
Tested-by: Jeremie Bresson <jbr@bsiag.com>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+Contributing to Eclipse Scout
+=============================
+
+We welcome any kind of contributions (Bug report, documentation, code contribution...).
+Please read the [Eclipse Scout Contribution page] [1] to know more about it.
+
+The contribution process of Eclipse Scout is hosted on tools deployed by the Eclipse Foundation ([Bugzilla] [2], Gerrit, Hudson, MediaWiki...).
+
+External tools like the GitHub tracker and pull requests are not supported.
+
+For further questions about contributing to Eclipse Scout, please ask in the [Eclipse Scout Forum] [3] or send a mail to [our mailing list] [4]: scout-dev@eclipse.org
+
+
+License
+-------
+
+[Eclipse Public License (EPL) v1.0] [5]
+
+
+Documentation & Links
+---------------------
+
+* [Project page] [6]
+* [Eclipse Scout Wiki] [7]
+* [Eclipse Scout Forum] [3]
+* [Eclipse Bugzilla] [2]
+
+
+[1]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/Contribution
+[2]: http://bugs.eclipse.org/
+[3]: http://eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.scout
+[4]: http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/scout-dev
+[5]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EPL
+[6]: http://eclipse.org/scout/
+[7]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Eclipse Scout - Aggregator
+==========================
+
+[Eclipse Scout] [1] is a mature and open framework for modern, service oriented business applications.
+It substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn.
+
+This repository **Eclipse Scout Aggregator** contains the sources used by the build script to aggregate the different repositories.
+
+
+Downloads
+---------
+
+The content of this repository is build on the Eclipse infrastructure and the different versions are available on several [P2 Update Sites] [2].
+
+The easiest way to start with Eclipse Scout is to download _Eclipse for Scout Developers Eclipse for Scout Developers_ on the [Eclipse downloads page] [3].
+
+
+Documentation & Links
+---------------------
+
+* [Eclipse Scout Wiki] [4]
+* [Eclipse Scout Forum] [5]
+* [Eclipse Bugzilla] [6]
+
+
+Contribution Guidelines
+-----------------------
+
+We welcome any kind of contributions (Bug report, documentation, code contribution...).
+Please read the [Eclipse Scout Contribution page] [7] to know more about it.
+
+The contribution process of Eclipse Scout is hosted on tools deployed by the Eclipse Foundation (involing [Bugzilla] [6], Gerrit, Hudson, MediaWiki...).
+
+External tools like the GitHub tracker and pull requests are not supported.
+
+
+Get in Touch
+------------
+
+To get in touch with the Eclipse Scout community, please open a thread in the [Eclipse Scout Forum] [5] or send a mail to [our mailing list] [8]: scout-dev@eclipse.org
+
+
+License
+-------
+
+[Eclipse Public License (EPL) v1.0] [9]
+
+
+[1]: http://eclipse.org/scout/
+[2]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/Updatesites
+[3]: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
+[4]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/
+[5]: http://eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.scout
+[6]: http://bugs.eclipse.org/
+[7]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/Contribution
+[8]: http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/scout-dev
+[9]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EPL
