Creation of markdown files

[juliagoda]

• Rename ChangeLog to CHANGELOG.md
• CODE_CONVENTIONS.md
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• GLOSSARY.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• CONTRIBUTORS.md
• CREDITS.md
• README.template
• Rename COPYING to LICENSE
• Remove TODO
• Remove NEWS

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