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+### CommonAPI C++ Core Runtime
+
+##### Copyright
+Copyright (C) 2016, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG).
+Copyright (C) 2016, GENIVI Alliance, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GENIVI Project IPC Common API C++.
+Contributions are licensed to the GENIVI Alliance under one or more Contribution License Agreements or MPL 2.0.
+
+##### License
+This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, you can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+##### CommonAPI C++ Specification and User Guide
+The specification document and the user guide can be found in the CommonAPI documentation directory of the CommonAPI-Tools project as AsciiDoc document. A pdf version can be found at https://github.com/GENIVI/capicxx-core-tools/releases.
+
+##### Further information
+https://genivi.github.io/capicxx-core-tools/
+
+##### Build Instructions for Linux
+
+Use CMake to build this library. We assume that your source directory is _common-api-runtime_:
+ 
+```bash
+$ cd common-api-runtime
+$ mkdir build
+$ cd build
+$ cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..
+$ make
+$ make install
+```
+
+You can change the installation directory by the CMake variable _CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_ or you can let it uninstalled (skip the _make install_ command). Please refer to the installation description of the binding runtime how to use uninstalled versions of CommonAPI.
+
+For further build instructions (build for windows, build documentation, tests etc.) please refer to the CommonAPI tutorial.
+