Sébastien Deleuze
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Prior to this commit, CONTRIBUTING.md delegated build instructions and code style to wiki pages, which are planned for removal. This commit inlines the build, code style and testing guidelines into CONTRIBUTING.md, aligns them with the current build and Checkstyle rules, and documents the commit message conventions, the security policy and the policy on AI-assisted contributions. It also adds a concise AGENTS.md extract for coding agents, and updates the README to link to the Build from Source section. Closes gh-37372 Signed-off-by: Sébastien Deleuze <sdeleuze@users.noreply.github.com>
Spring Framework 
This is the home of the Spring Framework: the foundation for all Spring projects. Collectively the Spring Framework and the family of Spring projects are often referred to simply as "Spring".
Spring provides everything required beyond the Java programming language for creating enterprise applications for a wide range of scenarios and architectures. Please read the Overview section of the reference documentation for a more complete introduction.
Code of Conduct
This project is governed by the Spring Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code of conduct. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@spring.io.
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Documentation
The Spring Framework maintains reference documentation (published and source), GitHub wiki pages, and an API reference. There are also guides and tutorials across Spring projects.
Micro-Benchmarks
See the Micro-Benchmarks wiki page.
Build from Source
See the Build from Source section of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
Continuous Integration Builds
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License
The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the Apache License.