Revamp README

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+https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/actions/workflows/build.yaml[image:https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/apache/logging-log4j2/build.yaml?branch=main&label=build%20%283.x%29[Build (3.x)]]
+https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api[image:https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api?versionPrefix=3.[Maven Central (3.x)]]
+https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/security/code-scanning[image:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main[CodeQL (3.x)]]
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+Apache Log4j is a versatile, industrial-grade Java logging framework composed of an API, its implementation,  and components to assist the deployment for various use cases.
+For further information (support, download, etc.) see https://logging.apache.org/log4j[the project website].