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 # OSS Bootstrap
 
-Apache Maven archetypes for bootstrapping new open-source projects following modern conventions and best practices.
+Apache Maven archetypes for bootstrapping new open-source projects.
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+Think the _maven-quickstart-archetype_ and friends, but more modern and opinionated.
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+## Features
+
+The archetypes aim add providing commonly used functionality, while defining sensible defaults, following modern conventions and best practices:
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+* Up-to-date (and fixed) dependency and plug-in versions
+* Provide a license
+* Basic set-up for CI
+* House-keeping and quality assurance plug-ins, e.g. for formatting and license header checking
 
 ## Components