Ardupilot2/README.md

#ArduPilot Project#

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### The ArduPilot project is made up of: ###
>>ArduCopter (or APM:Copter) : [code](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/tree/master/ArduCopter), [wiki](http://copter.ardupilot.com)

>>ArduPlane (or APM:Plane) : [code](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/tree/master/ArduPlane), [wiki](http://plane.ardupilot.com)

>>ArduRover (or APMrover2) : [code](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/tree/master/APMrover2), [wiki](http://rover.ardupilot.com)

>>Antenna Tracker : [code](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/tree/master/AntennaTracker), [wiki](http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-antennatracker-introduction)

### User Support & Discussion Forums ###
>>APM Forum: [http://ardupilot.com/forum/index.php](http://ardupilot.com/forum/index.php)

>>Community Site: [http://diydrones.com](http://diydrones.com)

### Developer Information ###
>>Github repository: [https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot)

>>Main developer wiki: [http://dev.ardupilot.com](http://dev.ardupilot.com)

>>Developer email group: drones-discuss@googlegroups.com

### Contributors ###
>>[Github statistics](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/graphs/contributors)

### How To Get Involved ###
>>The ArduPilot project is open source and we encourage participation and code contributions: [guidelines for contributors to the ardupilot codebase](http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/guidelines-for-contributors-to-the-apm-codebase)

>>We have an active group of Beta Testers especially for ArduCopter to help us find bugs: [release procedures](http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/release-procedures)

>>Desired Enhancements and Bugs can be posted to the [issues list](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues).

>>Helping other users with log analysis on [diydrones.com](http://www.diydrones.com) and the [APM forums ](http://ardupilot.com/forum/index.php) is always appreciated:

>>There is a group of wiki editors as well in case documentation is your thing: ardu-wiki-editors@googlegroups.com

>>Developer discussions occur on drones-discuss@google-groups.com

### License ###
>>[Overview of license](http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/license-gplv3)

>>[Full Text](https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/blob/master/COPYING.txt)

### Maintainers ###
>> Ardupilot is comprised of several parts, vehicles and boards. The list below
>> contains the people that regularly contribute to the project and are responsible
>> for reviewing patches on their specific area. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
>> for more information.
>>
>> - [Andrew Tridgell](https://github.com/tridge)
>>   - ***Vehicle***: AntennaTracker, Plane
>>   - ***Board***: APM1, APM2, Pixhawk
>> - [Randy Mackay](https://github.com/rmackay9)
>>   - ***Vehicle***: Copter
>> - [Robert Lefebvre](https://github.com/R-Lefebvre)
>>   - ***Vehicle***: TradHeli
>> - [Grant Morphett](https://github.com/gmorph):
>>   - ***Vehicle***: Rover
>> - [Matthias Badaire](https://github.com/badzz)
>>   - ***Subsystem***: FRSky
>> - [Paul Riseborough](https://github.com/priseborough)
>>   - ***Subsystem***: AP_NavEKF
>> - [Lucas De Marchi](https://github.com/lucasdemarchi)
>>   - ***Subsystem***: Linux
>> - [Víctor Mayoral Vilches](https://github.com/vmayoral)
>>   - ***Board***: PXF
>> - [Mirko Denecke](https://github.com/mirkix)
>>   - ***Board***: BBBmini
>> - [Emlid](https://github.com/emlid)
>>   - ***Board***: NavIO
>> - [Emile Castelnuovo](https://github.com/emilecastelnuovo)
>>   - ***Board***: VRBrain
>> - [Mike McCauley](#)
>>   - ***Board***: Flymaple