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-# Contributing
+# Contributing to Eclipse ThreadX
 
-This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to
-agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to,
-and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit
-https://cla.microsoft.com.
+Thanks for your interest in this project.
 
-When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need
-to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the
-instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repositories using our CLA.
+## Project description
 
-This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
-For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/)
-or contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with any additional questions or comments.
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+Eclipse ThreadX provides a vendor-neutral, open source, safety certified OS for
+real-time applications published on under a permissive license. The Eclipse
+ThreadX suite encompasses: ThreadX - advanced real-time operating system (RTOS)
+designed specifically for deeply embedded applications NetX Duo - advanced,
+industrial-grade TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded
+real-time and IoT applications FileX - high-performance, FAT-compatible file
+system that’s fully integrated with ThreadX kernel GUIX - provides a complete,
+embedded graphical user interface (GUI) library USBX - high-performance USB
+host, device, and on-the-go (OTG) embedded stack, that is fully integrated with
+ThreadX kernel LevelX - Flash Wear Leveling for FileX and stand-alone purposes
+GuiX Studio - design environment, facilitating the creation and maintenance of
+all graphical elements for CUIX TraceX - analysis tool that provides a graphical
+view of real-time system events to better understand the behavior of real-time
+systems
+
+* https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.threadx
+
+## Terms of Use
+
+This repository is subject to the Terms of Use of the Eclipse Foundation
+
+* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/termsofuse.php
+
+## Developer resources
+
+Information regarding source code management, builds, coding standards, and
+more.
+
+* https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.threadx/developer
+
+The project maintains the following source code repositories
+
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/.github
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/cmsis-packs
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/filex
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/getting-started
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/guix
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/levelx
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/netxduo
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/rtos-docs
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/samples
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/threadx
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/threadx-learn-samples
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/tracex
+* https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/usbx
+
+## Eclipse Development Process
+
+This Eclipse Foundation open project is governed by the Eclipse Foundation
+Development Process and operates under the terms of the Eclipse IP Policy.
+
+* https://eclipse.org/projects/dev_process
+* https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse_IP_Policy.pdf
+
+## Eclipse Contributor Agreement
+
+In order to be able to contribute to Eclipse Foundation projects you must
+electronically sign the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA).
+
+* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php
+
+The ECA provides the Eclipse Foundation with a permanent record that you agree
+that each of your contributions will comply with the commitments documented in
+the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO). Having an ECA on file associated with
+the email address matching the "Author" field of your contribution's Git commits
+fulfills the DCO's requirement that you sign-off on your contributions.
+
+For more information, please see the Eclipse Committer Handbook:
+https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit
+
+## Contact
+
+Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list.
+
+* https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/threadx-dev