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+# Contributing Guidelines
+
+Please make sure that all packages you commit or request to pull:
+* Package a version which is still maintained by the upstream author.
+* Have yourself or another person listed in the (PKG_)MAINTAINER field.
+* Will be updated regularly to maintained and supported versions.
+* Have no dependencies outside the openwrt core packages or this feed.
+
+Please sign-off all your commits / pull requests to this repository. See:
+https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/SubmittingPatches#a10.Signyourwork
+
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-* Description *
-
-This is the OpenWrt "packages"-feed containing community-maintained packages.
-
-
-* Usage *
-
-This feed is enabled by default. To install all its package definitions:
-
-Run: ./scripts/feeds update packages
-Run: ./scripts/feeds install -a -p packages
-
- 
-* Package Guidelines *
-
-Please make sure that all packages you commit or request to pull:
-	* Package a version which is still maintained by the upstream author.
-        * Have yourself or another person listed in the (PKG_)MAINTAINER field.
-	* Will be updated regularly to maintained and supported versions. 
-	* Have no dependencies outside the openwrt core packages or this feed.
-
-Please sign-off your commits / pull requests to this repository. See:
-https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/SubmittingPatches#a10.Signyourwork
-
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+# OpenWRT packages feed
+
+## Description
+
+This is the OpenWrt "packages"-feed containing community-maintained packages.
+
+## Usage
+
+This feed is enabled by default. To install all its package definitions:
+
+Run: ./scripts/feeds update packages
+Run: ./scripts/feeds install -a -p packages
+
+## License
+
+See [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.
+ 
+## Package Guidelines
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+