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+# Gluster
+  Gluster is a software defined distributed storage that can scale to several
+  petabytes. It provides interfaces for object, block and file storage.
+
+## Development
+  Contributions to gluster in the form of patches and new feature additions can
+  be made by following steps outlined at [Developers Guide](https://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Developer-guide/Developers-Index/#contributing-to-the-gluster-community).
+
+## Documentation
+  The Gluster documentation can be found at [Gluster Docs](http://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest).
+
+## Deployment
+  Quick instructions to build and install can be found in [INSTALL](INSTALL) file.
+
+## Maintainers
+  The list of Gluster maintainers is available in [MAINTAINERS](MAINTAINERS) file.
+
+## License
+  Gluster is dual licensed under [GPLV2](COPYING-GPLV2) and [LGPLV3+](COPYING-LGPLV3).
+
+  Please visit the [Gluster Home Page](http://www.gluster.org/) to find out more about Gluster.