README: fill out some useful quickstart information

The README file is usually the first thing consulted when a user
or developer obtains a copy of the QEMU source. The current QEMU
README is lacking immediately useful information and so not very
friendly for first time encounters. It either redirects users to
qemu-doc.html (which does not exist until they've actually
compiled QEMU), or the website (which assumes the user has
convenient internet access at time of reading).

This fills out the README file as simple quick-start guide on
the topics of building source, submitting patches, licensing
and how to contact the QEMU community. It does not intend to be
comprehensive, instead referring people to an appropriate web
page to obtain more detailed information. The intent is to give
users quick guidance to get them going in the right direction.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1444671679-17674-1-git-send-email-berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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  1. audio/
  2. backends/
  3. block/
  4. bsd-user/
  5. crypto/
  6. default-configs/
  7. disas/
  8. docs/
  9. fpu/
  10. fsdev/
  11. gdb-xml/
  12. hw/
  13. include/
  14. libdecnumber/
  15. linux-headers/
  16. linux-user/
  17. migration/
  18. net/
  19. pc-bios/
  20. po/
  21. qapi/
  22. qga/
  23. qobject/
  24. qom/
  25. roms/
  26. scripts/
  27. slirp/
  28. stubs/
  29. target-alpha/
  30. target-arm/
  31. target-cris/
  32. target-i386/
  33. target-lm32/
  34. target-m68k/
  35. target-microblaze/
  36. target-mips/
  37. target-moxie/
  38. target-openrisc/
  39. target-ppc/
  40. target-s390x/
  41. target-sh4/
  42. target-sparc/
  43. target-tilegx/
  44. target-tricore/
  45. target-unicore32/
  46. target-xtensa/
  47. tcg/
  48. tests/
  49. trace/
  50. ui/
  51. util/
  52. .dir-locals.el
  53. .exrc
  54. .gitignore
  55. .gitmodules
  56. .mailmap
  57. .travis.yml
  58. accel.c
  59. aio-posix.c
  60. aio-win32.c
  61. arch_init.c
  62. async.c
  63. balloon.c
  64. block.c
  65. blockdev-nbd.c
  66. blockdev.c
  67. blockjob.c
  68. bootdevice.c
  69. bt-host.c
  70. bt-vhci.c
  71. Changelog
  72. CODING_STYLE
  73. configure
  74. COPYING
  75. COPYING.LIB
  76. coroutine-gthread.c
  77. coroutine-sigaltstack.c
  78. coroutine-ucontext.c
  79. coroutine-win32.c
  80. cpu-exec-common.c
  81. cpu-exec.c
  82. cpus.c
  83. cputlb.c
  84. device-hotplug.c
  85. device_tree.c
  86. disas.c
  87. dma-helpers.c
  88. dump.c
  89. exec.c
  90. gdbstub.c
  91. HACKING
  92. hmp-commands-info.hx
  93. hmp-commands.hx
  94. hmp.c
  95. hmp.h
  96. iohandler.c
  97. ioport.c
  98. iothread.c
  99. kvm-all.c
  100. kvm-stub.c
  101. LICENSE
  102. main-loop.c
  103. MAINTAINERS
  104. Makefile
  105. Makefile.objs
  106. Makefile.target
  107. memory.c
  108. memory_mapping.c
  109. module-common.c
  110. monitor.c
  111. nbd.c
  112. numa.c
  113. os-posix.c
  114. os-win32.c
  115. page_cache.c
  116. qapi-schema.json
  117. qdev-monitor.c
  118. qdict-test-data.txt
  119. qemu-bridge-helper.c
  120. qemu-char.c
  121. qemu-coroutine-io.c
  122. qemu-coroutine-lock.c
  123. qemu-coroutine-sleep.c
  124. qemu-coroutine.c
  125. qemu-doc.texi
  126. qemu-ga.texi
  127. qemu-img-cmds.hx
  128. qemu-img.c
  129. qemu-img.texi
  130. qemu-io-cmds.c
  131. qemu-io.c
  132. qemu-log.c
  133. qemu-nbd.c
  134. qemu-nbd.texi
  135. qemu-options-wrapper.h
  136. qemu-options.h
  137. qemu-options.hx
  138. qemu-seccomp.c
  139. qemu-tech.texi
  140. qemu-timer.c
  141. qemu.nsi
  142. qemu.sasl
  143. qjson.c
  144. qmp-commands.hx
  145. qmp.c
  146. qtest.c
  147. README
  148. rules.mak
  149. softmmu_template.h
  150. spice-qemu-char.c
  151. tcg-runtime.c
  152. tci.c
  153. thread-pool.c
  154. thunk.c
  155. tpm.c
  156. trace-events
  157. translate-all.c
  158. translate-all.h
  159. translate-common.c
  160. user-exec.c
  161. VERSION
  162. version.rc
  163. vl.c
  164. xen-common-stub.c
  165. xen-common.c
  166. xen-hvm-stub.c
  167. xen-hvm.c
  168. xen-mapcache.c