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Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
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@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ project is that it is mainly implemented in user space. There are some more proj
doing C/R for Linux, and so far CRIU [appears to be](https://criu.org/Comparison_to_other_CR_projects)
the most feature-rich and up-to-date with the kernel.
CRIU project is (almost) the never-ending story, because we have to always keep up with the
Linux kernel supporting checkpoint and restore for all the features it provides. Thus we're
looking for contributors of all kinds -- feedback, bug reports, testing, coding, writing, etc.
Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) if you would like to get involved.
The project [started](https://criu.org/History) as the way to do live migration for OpenVZ
Linux containers, but later grew to more sophisticated and flexible tool. It is currently
used by (integrated into) OpenVZ, LXC/LXD, Docker, and other software, project gets tremendous
@ -56,21 +61,6 @@ One of the CRIU features is the ability to save and restore state of a TCP socke
without breaking the connection. This functionality is considered to be useful by
itself, and we have it available as the [libsoccr library](https://criu.org/Libsoccr).
## How to contribute
CRIU project is (almost) the never-ending story, because we have to always keep up with the
Linux kernel supporting checkpoint and restore for all the features it provides. Thus we're
looking for contributors of all kinds -- feedback, bug reports, testing, coding, writing, etc.
Here are some useful hints to get involved.
* We have both -- [very simple](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aenhancement) and [more sophisticated](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22new+feature%22) coding tasks;
* CRIU does need [extensive testing](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Atesting);
* Documentation is always hard, we have [some information](https://criu.org/Category:Empty_articles) that is to be extracted from people's heads into wiki pages as well as [some texts](https://criu.org/Category:Editor_help_needed) that all need to be converted into useful articles;
* Feedback is expected on the github issues page and on the [mailing list](https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/criu);
* We accept github pull requests and this is the preferred way to contribute to CRIU. If you prefer to send patches by email, you are welcome to send them to [the devel list](http://criu.org/How_to_submit_patches);
* Spread the word about CRIU in [social networks](http://criu.org/Contacts);
* If you're giving a talk about CRIU -- let us know, we'll mention it on the [wiki main page](https://criu.org/News/events);
## Licence
The project is licensed under GPLv2 (though files sitting in the lib/ directory are LGPLv2.1).