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+# RabbitMQ Server
+
+[RabbitMQ](http://rabbitmq.com) is a [feature rich](http://www.rabbitmq.com/features.html), multi-protocol messaging broker. It supports:
+
+ * AMQP 0-9-1
+ * STOMP
+ * MQTT 3.1.1
+ * AMQP 1.0
+
+
+## Installation
+
+ * [Installation guides](http://www.rabbitmq.com/download.html) for various platforms
+
+
+## Tutorials & Documentation
+
+ * [RabbitMQ tutorials](http://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html)
+ * [Documentation guides](http://www.rabbitmq.com/documentation.html)
+ * [Client libraries and tools](http://www.rabbitmq.com/devtools.html)
+
+## Getting Help
+
+ * [RabbitMQ mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rabbitmq-users)
+ * `#rabbitmq` on Freenode
+ * [Commercial RabbitMQ support](http://www.rabbitmq.com/services.html) from [Pivotal](http://pivotal.io)
+
+
+## Contributing
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) and our [development process overview](http://www.rabbitmq.com/github.html).
+
+
+## License
+
+RabbitMQ server is [licensed under the MPL](LICENSE-MPL-RabbitMQ).
+
+
+## Building From Source
+
+See [building RabbitMQ server from source](http://www.rabbitmq.com/build-server.html).
+
+
+## Copyright
+
+(c) Pivotal Software Inc., 2007-2015.