in the reference documentation for a quick introduction.
This project is governed by the [Spring Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc).
By participating you are expected to uphold this code.
Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
For Maven repository information see [downloading Spring artifacts][]. Unable to
use Maven or other transitive dependency management tools?
See [building a distribution with dependencies][].
## Documentation
See the current [Javadoc][] and [reference docs][].
For documentation see the current [reference docs][], [Javadoc][], Github Wiki pages.
## Getting Support
Check out the [spring][spring tags] tags on [Stack Overflow][]. [Commercial support][]
is available too.
## Issue Tracking
Report issues via the [Spring Framework JIRA][]. Understand our issue management
process by reading about [the lifecycle of an issue][]. Think you've found a
bug? Please consider submitting a reproduction project via the
[spring-framework-issues][] GitHub repository. The [readme][] there provides
simple step-by-step instructions.
For contributing see the [contributor guidelines][] for details.
## Building from Source
The Spring Framework uses a [Gradle][]-based build system. In the instructions
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@@ -61,9 +42,6 @@ Run `./import-into-eclipse.sh` or read `import-into-idea.md` as appropriate.
... and discover more commands with `./gradlew tasks`. See also the [Gradle
build and release FAQ][].
## Contributing
[Pull requests][] are welcome; see the [contributor guidelines][] for details.
## Staying in Touch
Follow [@SpringCentral][] as well as [@SpringFramework][] and its [team members][]
on Twitter. In-depth articles can be found at [The Spring Blog][], and releases
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@@ -72,28 +50,18 @@ are announced via our [news feed][].
## License
The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the [Apache License][].