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@@ -48,6 +48,28 @@ the dashboard, database addons, graph container, base image etc. Cloudron also r
 on external services such as the App Store for apps to be installed. As such, don't
 clone this repo and npm install and expect something to work.
 
+## Development
+
+This is the backend code of Cloudron. The frontend code is [here](https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/dashboard).
+
+The way to develop is to first install a full instance of Cloudron in a VM. Then you can use the [hotfix](https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/cloudron-machine)
+tool to patch the VM with the latest code.
+
+```
+SSH_PASSPHRASE=sshkeypassword cloudron-machine hotfix --cloudron my.example.com --release 6.0.0 --ssh-key keyname
+```
+
+## License
+
+Please note that the Cloudron code is under a source-available license. This is not the same as an
+open source license but ensures the code is available for introspection (and hacking!).
+
+## Contributions
+
+Just to give some heads up, we are a bit restrictive in merging changes. We are a small team and
+would like to keep our maintenance burden low. It might be best to discuss features first in the [forum](https://forum.cloudron.io),
+to also figure out how many other people will use it to justify maintenance for a feature.
+
 ## Support
 
 * [Documentation](https://docs.cloudron.io/)