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+MIT License
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+# WWT Docs Hub website: Source Code
+
+This repository contains the source code for the hub page of
+
+### https://docs.worldwidetelescope.org/
+
+If you’re just interested in the documentation itself, you should go to that
+website. If you’re interested in *contributing* to that website, you’ve come
+to the right place!
+
+
+## Quick Start for the Initiated
+
+The manual is a static site written in [CommonMark Markdown] and processed
+with [Zola]. Zola is distributed as a single executable so it is ridiculously
+[easy to install][install-zola]. Once you have Zola all you have to do is run
+
+```
+zola serve
+```
+
+to build the site and serve it locally for testing. The command `zola check`
+will check the build and verify that outgoing links are valid. Zola has
+[lots of documentation][zola-docs].
+
+[CommonMark Markdown]: https://commonmark.org/
+[Zola]: https://getzola.org/
+[install-zola]: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/installation/
+[zola-docs]: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/overview/
+
+Merges to `master` will be published automatically using WWT’s continuous
+deployment infrastructure.
+
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! If you’re new to the project, please see the
+[WWT Contributors’ Guide] and the [WWT Code of Conduct]. We operate with a
+standard [fork-and-pull] model.
+
+[AAS WorldWide Telescope User Manual]: https://docs.worldwidetelescope.org/user-docs-hub/
+[WWT Contributors’ Guide]: https://worldwidetelescope.github.io/contributing/
+[WWT Code of Conduct]: https://worldwidetelescope.github.io/code-of-conduct/
+[fork-and-pull]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-collaborative-development-models
+
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The AAS WorldWide Telescope system is a [.NET Foundation] project managed by
+the non-profit [American Astronomical Society] (AAS). Work on WWT has been
+supported by the AAS, the US [National Science Foundation] (grants [1550701]
+and [1642446]), the [Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation], and [Microsoft].
+
+[.NET Foundation]: https://dotnetfoundation.org/
+[American Astronomical Society]: https://aas.org/
+[National Science Foundation]: https://www.nsf.gov/
+[1550701]: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550701
+[1642446]: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1642446
+[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]: https://www.moore.org/
+[Microsoft]: https://www.microsoft.com/