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+# Contributing to LibreTime
+
+First and foremost, thank you! We appreciate that you want to
+contribute to LibreTime, your time is valuable, and your 
+contributions mean a lot to us.
+
+**What does "contributing" mean?**
+
+Creating an issue is the simplest form of contributing to a
+project. But there are many ways to contribute, including 
+the following:
+
+* Updating or correcting documentation
+* Feature requests
+* Bug reports
+
+Before opening an issue, please:
+
+* read and be prepared to adhere to our [code of conduct](https://github.com/LibreTime/code-of-conduct/blob/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md)
+* understand that we follow the standardized [C4 development process](https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4/)
+* [search for existing duplicate or closed issues](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue)
+* clearly state the problem you would like to solve in a meaningful way
+* be prepared to follow up on issues by providing additional information as requested by a maintainer or contributor helping you out
+
+For bug reports, please provide the following details:
+
+* **version**: what version of LibreTime you were using when you experienced the bug?
+* **reduced test case**: the minimum amount of detail needed to reproduce the bug
+* **error messages**: please paste any error reports into the issue or a gist
+
+Please wrap all code and error messages in [markdown code 
+fences](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/).
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+# LibreTime
+
+LibreTime is a community managed fork of the AirTime project.
+
+It is managed by a friendly inclusive community of stations 
+from around the globe that use, document and improve LibreTime. 
+Join us in fixing bugs and in defining how we manage the 
+codebase going forward.
+
+We are currently ramping up development on this repository.
+
+Please note that LibreTime is released with a [Contributor Code 
+of Conduct](https://github.com/LibreTime/code-of-conduct/blob/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md).
+By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
+
+Please submit enhancements, bugfixes or comments via GitHub.
+
+## Development Process
+
+The LibreTime follows the standardized [Collective Code Construction 
+Contract (C4)](https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4/). Its abstract is
+provided here.
+
+> C4 provides a standard process for contributing, evaluating and
+> discussing improvements on software projects. It defines specific 
+> technical requirements for projects like a style guide, unit tests,
+> git and similar platforms. It also establishes different personas
+> for projects, with clear and distinct duties. C4 specifies a process
+> for documenting and discussing issues including seeking consensus
+> and clear descriptions, use of "pull requests" and systematic reviews.
+
+The full text of the contract is licensed under the GPL and available at
+the above link courtesy of the [ZeroMQ community](http://zeromq.org/).
+
+## Releasing
+
+The LibreTime maintainers release new versions of LibreTime at regular
+intervals. We follow the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
+standards.
+
+In a nutshell, given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH we increment the:
+
+1. MAJOR version when we make incompatible API changes,
+2. MINOR version when we add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
+3. PATCH version when we make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
+
+Given the history of the project we will be starting with version 3.0.0.
+
+Stay tuned for early alphas and lots of betas as we get development
+up and running.
+
+## License
+
+LibreTime is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation, 
+version 3 of the License.
+
+## Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Sourcefabric z.ú.
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 LibreTime Community
+
+Please refer to the original [README](README), 
+[CREDITS](CREDITS) and [LICENSE_3RD_PARTY](LICENSE_3RD_PARTY) 
+for more information.