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+# Centreon - IT and Application monitoring software #
+
+## Introduction ##
+
+Centreon is one of the most flexible and powerful monitoring softwares on the market; it is absolutely
+free and Open Souce.
+
+This software requires an engine and a broker to be operational, refer to the documentation for more 
+information.
+
+## Docs ##
+
+Find installation and user documentations at 
+[http://documentation.centreon.com](http://documentation.centreon.com).
+
+## About ##
+
+### Authors ###
+
+#### Project leaders ####
+* Julien Mathis
+* Romain Le Merlus
+
+#### Dev team ####
+* Lionel Assepo
+* Maximilien Bersoult
+* Remi Werquin
+* Sylvestre Ho
+
+### License ###
+
+Centreon is distributed under GNU GPL v2 license, see LICENSE.
+
+### Contacts ###
+
+You can report bugs or suggest features by using the 
+[issue tracker](https://forge.centreon.com/projects/centreon/issues).