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A new README with markdown format, updated information on TQt, contributor section and translations status.

The old README has been preserved as README.Qt3 for historical reasons.

Signed-off-by: Mavridis Philippe <[email protected]>

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+This is TQt version 3.5.0.
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+TQt is a multiplatform C++ GUI application framework based on the last open source release of Qt 3.x branch which is maintained by the Trinity Desktop project.
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+
+Why?
+----
+
+TQt strives to be a lightweight toolkit for developing graphical desktop applications based on the Window-Icon-Menu-Pointer model.
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+Compared to Qt, which has become a framework with lots of features not necessarily related to desktop computing, resulting in unnecessary bloat, TQt strives for a different approach by avoiding feature creep and unnecessary complexity.
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+Contributing
+--------------
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+If you are interested in contributing, please contact us. You can find a list of issues and wish list features to work on [here](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tqt3/issues).
+
+If you wish to contribute to TQt3, you might do so:
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+- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea
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+- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
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+
+Translations status
+---------------------
+
+### TQt3
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/dependencies/-/tqt3/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/dependencies/tqt3/)
+
+### TQt3 Assistant
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/dependencies/-/tqt3-tools-assistant/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/tqt3-tools-assistant/)
+
+### TQt3 Designer
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/dependencies/-/tqt3-tools-designer/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/tqt3-tools-designer/)
+
+### TQt3 Linguist
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/dependencies/-/tqt3-tools-linguist/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/tqt3-tools-linguist/)
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+Legal and licensing
+-------------------
+
+The TQt toolkit is distributed under the terms of GNU GPL.
+
+Qt is a trademark of The Qt Company Ltd.