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+<!---
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+<!---
+ +======================================================================+
+ |**** ****|
+ |**** THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMONS BUILD PLUGIN ****|
+ |**** DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY ****|
+ |**** ****|
+ +======================================================================+
+ | TEMPLATE FILE: readme-md-template.md |
+ | commons-build-plugin/trunk/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates |
+ +======================================================================+
+ | |
+ | 1) Re-generate using: mvn commons:readme-md |
+ | |
+ | 2) Set the following properties in the component's pom: |
+ | - commons.componentid (required, alphabetic, lower case) |
+ | - commons.release.version (required) |
+ | |
+ | 3) Example Properties |
+ | |
+ | <properties> |
+ | <commons.componentid>math</commons.componentid> |
+ | <commons.release.version>1.2</commons.release.version> |
+ | </properties> |
+ | |
+ +======================================================================+
+--->
+Apache Commons Signing
+===================
+
+[](https://travis-ci.org/apache/commons-signing)
+[](https://coveralls.io/r/apache/commons-signing)
+[](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.commons/commons-signing/)
+[](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)
+
+The Apache Commons Code Signing Library.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+More information can be found on the [Apache Commons Signing homepage](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-signing).
+The [JavaDoc](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-signing/javadocs/api-release) can be browsed.
+Questions related to the usage of Apache Commons Signing should be posted to the [user mailing list][ml].
+
+Where can I get the latest release?
+-----------------------------------
+You can download source and binaries from our [download page](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-signing/download_signing.cgi).
+
+Alternatively you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+ <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+ <artifactId>commons-signing</artifactId>
+ <version>0.0.1</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list][ml] is the main channel of communication for contributors.
+There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
++ No tabs! Please use spaces for indentation.
++ Respect the code style.
++ Create minimal diffs - disable on save actions like reformat source code or organize imports. If you feel the source code should be reformatted create a separate PR for this change.
++ Provide JUnit tests for your changes and make sure your changes don't break any existing tests by running ```mvn clean test```.
+
+If you plan to contribute on a regular basis, please consider filing a [contributor license agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas).
+You can learn more about contributing via GitHub in our [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+License
+-------
+This code is under the [Apache Licence v2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+See the `NOTICE.txt` file for required notices and attributions.
+
+Donations
+---------
+You like Apache Commons Signing? Then [donate back to the ASF](https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html) to support the development.
+
+Additional Resources
+--------------------
+
++ [Apache Commons Homepage](https://commons.apache.org/)
++ [Apache Issue Tracker (JIRA)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SIGNING)
++ [Apache Commons Twitter Account](https://twitter.com/ApacheCommons)
++ `#apache-commons` IRC channel on `irc.freenode.org`
+
+[ml]:https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html
