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doc: revamp the README file

 * Add an OpenSSL logo and CI badges
 * Add a table of contents
 * Add a lot of links

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10545)
Dr. Matthias St. Pierre 4 years ago
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-Description
-===========
+[![openssl logo][]][www.openssl.org]
 
 
-The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
-commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the
-Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols (including SSLv3) as well as a
-full-strength general purpose cryptographic library.
+[![travis badge][]][travis jobs]
+[![appveyor badge][]][appveyor jobs]
+
+
+
+Welcome to the OpenSSL Project
+==============================
+
+OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured Open Source Toolkit
+for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol formerly known as the
+Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. The protocol implementation is based
+on a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library, which can also
+be used stand-alone.
 
 
 OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young
 OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young
 and Tim J. Hudson.
 and Tim J. Hudson.
 
 
-The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which means
-that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial
-purposes as long as you fulfill its conditions.
+The official Home Page of the OpenSSL Project is [www.openssl.org][].
+
+
+Table of Contents
+=================
+
+ - [Overview](#overview)
+ - [Download](#download)
+ - [Build and Install](#build-and-install)
+ - [Documentation](#documentation)
+ - [License](#license)
+ - [Support](#support)
+ - [Contributing](#contributing)
+ - [Legalities](#legalities)
 
 
 Overview
 Overview
 ========
 ========
 
 
 The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
 The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
 
 
- * **libssl**
-     Provides the client and server-side implementations for SSLv3 and TLS.
+- **libssl**
+  an implementation of all TLS protocol versions up to TLSv1.3 ([RFC 8446][]).
+
+- **libcrypto**
+  a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library. It constitutes the
+  basis of the TLS implementation, but can also be used independently.
+
+- **openssl**
+  the OpenSSL command line tool, a swiss army knife for cryptographic tasks,
+  testing and analyzing. It can be used for
+   - creation of key parameters
+   - creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
+   - calculation of message digests
+   - encryption and decryption
+   - SSL/TLS client and server tests
+   - handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
+   - and more...
+
+Download
+========
 
 
- * **libcrypto:**
-     Provides general cryptographic and X.509 support needed by SSL/TLS but
-     not logically part of it.
+For Production Use
+------------------
 
 
- * **openssl:**
-     A command line tool that can be used for:
-        Creation of key parameters
-        Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
-        Calculation of message digests
-        Encryption and decryption
-        SSL/TLS client and server tests
-        Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
-        And more...
+Source code tarballs of the official releases can be downloaded from
+[www.openssl.org/source](https://www.openssl.org/source).
+The OpenSSL project does not distribute the toolkit in binary form.
 
 
-Installation
-============
+However, for a large variety of operating systems precompiled versions
+of the OpenSSL toolkit are available. In particular on Linux and other
+Unix operating systems it is normally recommended to link against the
+precompiled shared libraries provided by the distributor or vendor.
 
 
-See the appropriate file:
 
 
- * [INSTALL](INSTALL): General installation instructions for all platforms
- * Additional instructions for specific platforms
-    * [NOTES.ANDROID](NOTES.ANDROID)
-    * [NOTES.DJGPP](NOTES.DJGPP)
-    * [NOTES.PERL](NOTES.PERL)
-    * [NOTES.UNIX](NOTES.UNIX)
-    * [NOTES.VALGRIND](NOTES.VALGRIND)
-    * [NOTES.VMS](NOTES.VMS)
-    * [NOTES.WIN](NOTES.WIN)
+For Testing and Development
+---------------------------
 
 
-Support
+Although testing and development could in theory also be done using
+the source tarballs, having a local copy of the git repository with
+the entire project history gives you much more insight into the
+code base.
+
+The official OpenSSL Git Repository is located at [git.openssl.org][].
+There is a GitHub mirror of the repository at [github.com/openssl/openssl][],
+which is updated automatically from the former on every commit.
+
+A local copy of the Git Repository can be obtained by cloning it from
+the original OpenSSL repository using
+
+        git clone git://git.openssl.org/openssl.git
+
+or from the GitHub mirror using
+
+        git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
+
+If you intend to contribute to OpenSSL, either to fix bugs or contribute
+new features, you need to fork the OpenSSL repository openssl/openssl on
+GitHub and clone your public fork instead.
+
+        git clone https://github.com/yourname/openssl.git
+
+This is necessary, because all development of OpenSSL nowadays is done via
+GitHub pull requests. For more details, see [Contributing](#contributing).
+
+
+Build and Install
+=================
+
+After obtaining the Source, have a look at the [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) file for
+detailed instructions about building and installing OpenSSL. For some
+platforms, the installation instructions are amended by a platform specific
+document.
+
+ * [NOTES.ANDROID](NOTES.ANDROID)
+ * [NOTES.DJGPP](NOTES.DJGPP)
+ * [NOTES.PERL](NOTES.PERL)
+ * [NOTES.UNIX](NOTES.UNIX)
+ * [NOTES.VALGRIND](NOTES.VALGRIND)
+ * [NOTES.VMS](NOTES.VMS)
+ * [NOTES.WIN](NOTES.WIN)
+
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+Manual Pages
+------------
+
+The manual pages for the master branch and all current stable releases are
+available online.
+
+- [OpenSSL master](https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster)
+- [OpenSSL 1.1.1](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1)
+
+Wiki
+----
+
+There is a Wiki at [wiki.openssl.org][] which is currently not very active.
+It contains a lot of useful information, not all of which is up to date.
+
+License
 =======
 =======
 
 
-See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details on how to obtain
-commercial technical support. Free community support is available through the
-openssl-users email list (see
-https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for further details).
+OpenSSL is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which means that
+you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial
+purposes as long as you fulfill its conditions.
 
 
-If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
-first:
+See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.
 
 
- - Download the latest version from the repository
-   to see if the problem has already been addressed
- - Configure with no-asm
- - Remove compiler optimization flags
+Support
+=======
 
 
-If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information
-and create an issue on GitHub:
+There are various ways to get in touch. The correct channel depends on
+your requirement. see the [SUPPORT](SUPPORT.md) file for more details.
 
 
- - OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a'
- - Configuration data: output of 'perl configdata.pm --dump'
- - OS Name, Version, Hardware platform
- - Compiler Details (name, version)
- - Application Details (name, version)
- - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known)
- - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core)
+Contributing
+============
 
 
-Just because something doesn't work the way you expect does not mean it
-is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL. Use the openssl-users email list for this type
-of query.
+If you are interested and willing to contribute to the OpenSSL project,
+please take a look at the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
 
 
-How to contribute to OpenSSL
-============================
+Since 2016, development takes place in public on the GitHub open source
+platform. The OpenSSL Project Pages at [openssl.github.io][] are a
+valuable source of information if you want to get familiar with our
+development process on GitHub.
 
 
- See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 
- Legalities
- ==========
+Legalities
+==========
 
 
- A number of nations restrict the use or export of cryptography. If you
- are potentially subject to such restrictions you should seek competent
- professional legal advice before attempting to develop or distribute
- cryptographic code.
+A number of nations restrict the use or export of cryptography. If you are
+potentially subject to such restrictions you should seek legal advice before
+attempting to develop or distribute cryptographic code.
 
 
 
 
 Copyright
 Copyright
 =========
 =========
 
 
-Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project
+Copyright (c) 1998-2020 The OpenSSL Project
 
 
 Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
 Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
 
 
 All rights reserved.
 All rights reserved.
+
+
+<!-- Links  -->
+
+[www.openssl.org]:
+    https://www.openssl.org
+    "OpenSSL Homepage"
+
+[git.openssl.org]:
+    https://git.openssl.org
+    "OpenSSL Git Repository"
+
+[git.openssl.org]:
+    https://git.openssl.org
+    "OpenSSL Git Repository"
+
+[github.com/openssl/openssl]:
+    https://github.com/openssl/openssl
+    "OpenSSL GitHub Mirror"
+
+[openssl.github.io]:
+    https://mspncp.github.io
+    "OpenSSL Project Pages"
+
+[wiki.openssl.org]:
+    https://wiki.openssl.org
+    "OpenSSL Wiki"
+
+
+[RFC 8446]:
+     https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8446
+
+
+<!-- Logos and Badges -->
+<!--
+  Note: The security token for the appveyor badge (the random number in
+  the URL below) was obtained for the mspncp/openssl project.
+  It needs to be replaced by the correct token by some core member
+  (@levitte, @mattcaswell?). It can be obtained for project members at
+  https://ci.appveyor.com/project/openssl/openssl/settings/badges.
+-->
+
+[openssl logo]:
+    doc/images/openssl.svg
+    "OpenSSL Logo"
+
+[travis badge]:
+    https://travis-ci.org/openssl/openssl.svg?branch=master
+    "Travis Build Status"
+
+[travis jobs]:
+    https://travis-ci.org/openssl/openssl
+    "Travis Jobs"
+
+[appveyor badge]:
+    https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/ikn2l4u1xsume63u/branch/master?svg=true
+    "AppVeyor Build Status"
+
+[appveyor jobs]:
+    https://ci.appveyor.com/project/openssl/openssl/branch/master
+    "AppVeyor Jobs"