Merge pull request #2151 from haneefmubarak/cleanup

cleanup series I - part I

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+![emscripten logo](media/switch_logo.jpeg)
+
+Emscripten is an LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler. It takes LLVM bitcode - which can be generated
+from C/C++, using `llvm-gcc` (DragonEgg) or `clang`, or any other language that can be
+converted into LLVM - and compiles that into JavaScript, which can be run on the web (or
+anywhere else JavaScript can run).
+
+Links to **demos**, **tutorial**, **FAQ**, etc: <https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki>
+
+Main project page: <http://emscripten.org>
+
+License
+-------
+
+Emscripten is available under 2 licenses, the MIT license and the
+University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.
+
+Both are permissive open source licenses, with little if any
+practical difference between them.
+
+The reason for offering both is that (1) the MIT license is
+well-known, while (2) the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source
+License allows Emscripten's code to be integrated upstream into
+LLVM, which uses that license, should the opportunity arise.
+
+See `LICENSE` for the full content of the licenses.