Adding markdown README

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License. -->
+
+[![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.directory.server/apacheds-all/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.directory.server/apacheds-all)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/directory-server/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/directory-server)
+
+Apache Directory Server
+=========================
+
+ApacheDS™ is an extensible and embeddable directory server entirely written in Java, which has been certified LDAPv3 compatible by the Open Group. Besides LDAP it supports the Change Password Protocol. It has been designed to introduce triggers, stored procedures, queues and views to the world of LDAP which has lacked these rich constructs.
+
+Export Notice
+==========================
+
+   This distribution includes cryptographic software.  The country in 
+   which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, 
+   possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of 
+   encryption software.  BEFORE using any encryption software, please 
+   check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the
+   import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to 
+   see if this is permitted.  See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more
+   information.
+
+   The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
+   Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity 
+   Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
+   software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
+   algorithms.  The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
+   distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
+   ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS 
+   Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object 
+   code and source code.
+
+   The following provides more details on the included cryptographic
+   software:
+
+   http://www.bouncycastle.org/