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+# LibreCCM
+
+The [https://libreccm.org](LibreCCM) framework and the 
+[https://librecms.org](LibreCMS) web content management system. 
+
+This repository contains the Jakarta EE based, new version of LibreCCM 
+and LibreCMS. We are now using Maven as build tool. For convience, we
+also provide a small Bash script which makes calling some Maven tasks
+easier. More information please refer to the help of the ccm.sh script:
+
+    ccm.sh --help
+
+
+