github.com/karrick/go@v0.0.0-20170817181416-d5b0ec858b37/README.md (about) 1 # The Go Programming Language 2 3 Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, 4 reliable, and efficient software. 5 6 ![Gopher image](doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg) 7 *Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license][cc3-by].* 8 9 Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. 10 There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. 11 12 Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the 13 BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. 14 15 ### Download and Install 16 17 #### Binary Distributions 18 19 Official binary distributions are available at https://golang.org/dl/. 20 21 After downloading a binary release, visit https://golang.org/doc/install 22 or load doc/install.html in your web browser for installation 23 instructions. 24 25 #### Install From Source 26 27 If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of 28 operating system and architecture, visit 29 https://golang.org/doc/install/source or load doc/install-source.html 30 in your web browser for source installation instructions. 31 32 ### Contributing 33 34 Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! 35 36 To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: 37 https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html 38 39 Note that the Go project does not use GitHub pull requests, and that 40 we use the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. See 41 https://golang.org/wiki/Questions for a list of places to ask 42 questions about the Go language. 43 44 [rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ 45 [cc3-by]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/