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+# Node-RED Nodes
+
+A collection of nodes for Node-RED.
+
+## Installation
+
+Eventually, the nodes will be npm-installable, but we're not there yet. Until then:
+
+1. cd into the `nodes` directory of Node-RED
+2. Either:
+  - download the zip of the repository and extract
+  - run `git clone https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes.git`
+3. npm install any of the individual node dependencies
+
+This is all too manually, so the sooner we npm-enable this stuff the better
+
+## Contributing
+
+Please read the Contributing section of the main project [README](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/README.md)
+
+The key points are:
+ - try to follow the conventions we use (all undocumented at the moment just to make it interesting)
+ - focus on the UX of the node - make it simple to do simple things and simple to do advanced things. Don't
+   force a user wanting to do simple things have to wade through the advanced things.
+ - avoid duplication
+
+### Contributor License Agreement
+
+In order for us to accept pull-requests, the contributor must first complete
+a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). This clarifies the intellectual 
+property license granted with any contribution. It is for your protection as a 
+Contributor as well as the protection of IBM and its customers; it does not 
+change your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose.
+
+Once you have created a pull-request, we'll provide a link to the appropriate
+CLA document.
+
+If you are an IBMer, please contact us directly as the contribution process is
+slightly different.
+
+
+## Copyright and license
+
+Copyright 2013 IBM Corp. under [the Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).