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+[comment]: # (Copyright © The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.)
+[comment]: # ()
+[comment]: # (SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0)
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+[Arvados](https://arvados.org) is a free software distributed computing platform
+for bioinformatics, data science, and high throughput analysis of massive data
+sets. Arvados supports a variety of cloud, cluster and HPC environments.
+
+## Arvados on Kubernetes
+
+This repository contains a Helm chart for Arvados.
+
+Documentation can be found at [http://doc.arvados.org/install/arvados-on-kubernetes.html](http://doc.arvados.org/install/arvados-on-kubernetes.html)
+
+## Community
+
+The [#arvados](irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados) IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
+channel at the
+[Open and Free Technology Community (irc.oftc.net)](http://www.oftc.net/oftc/)
+is available for live discussion and support.  You can use a traditional IRC
+client or [join OFTC over the web.](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados)
+
+The
+[Arvados user mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados)
+is a forum for general discussion, questions, and news about Arvados
+development.  The
+[Arvados developer mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados-dev)
+is a forum for more technical discussion, intended for developers and
+contributors to Arvados.
+
+## Development
+
+[![Build Status](https://ci.curoverse.com/buildStatus/icon?job=run-tests)](https://ci.curoverse.com/job/run-tests/)
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/curoverse/arvados)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/curoverse/arvados)
+
+The Arvados public bug tracker is located at https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/issues
+
+Continuous integration is hosted at https://ci.curoverse.com/
+
+Instructions for setting up a development environment and working on specific
+components can be found on the
+["Hacking Arvados" page of the Arvados wiki](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Hacking).
+
+## Contributing
+
+When making a pull request, please ensure *every git commit message* includes a one-line [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Developer_Certificate_Of_Origin). If you have already made commits without it, fix them with `git commit --amend` or `git rebase`.
+
+## Licensing
+
+Arvados is Free Software. See COPYING for information about Arvados Free
+Software licenses.