add acknowledgements section to README.md

LICENSES/README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Furthermore by acquiring the commercial license for `Gurux.DLMS.Python`  [Gurux]
 Using dual licensing to provide `smartmeter-datacollector` combines the benefits of licensing the product under *GPL-2.0-only* with the possibility to use it in situations where *GPL-2.0-only* is not applicable.
 
 ## Contributing
-`smartmeter-datacollector` has been developed by **[Supercomputing Systems AG](https://www.scs.ch/)** but is meant to be used and extended by the open source community. Therefore **every contribution is welcome** in the form of [pull requests](https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests).
+`smartmeter-datacollector` has been developed by **[Supercomputing Systems AG](https://www.scs.ch/)** on behalf of and funded by **[EKZ](https://www.ekz.ch/)** but is meant to be used and extended by the open source community. Therefore **every contribution is welcome** in the form of [pull requests](https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests).
 
 Every developer contributing to `smartmeter-datacollector` must do so under the license(s) described above.
 

README.md

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ The following data sinks are implemented:
   - [Checkout the code](#checkout-the-code)
   - [Setup Development Environment](#setup-development-environment)
   - [Custom Commands / Workflows](#custom-commands--workflows)
+- [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)
 
 # How to install
 
@@ -333,4 +334,7 @@ This will install all runtime and development dependencies for `smartmeter-datac
 * `build_srcdeb` builds a Debian source package which can be used to build a Debian (binary) package for any platform (e.g. using [`pbuilder`](https://pbuilder-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html))
 * `build_deb` builds a Debian package for the current development plattform.
 
-Make sure to run `format_check` / `format`, `isort_check` / `isort`, `lint_check` / `lint`, `license`, `setup_check` / `setup` before commiting changes to the repository to avoid unnecessary development cycles. `smartmeter-datacollector` uses [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/scs/smartmeter-datacollector/actions) to check if these rules apply. 
+Make sure to run `format_check` / `format`, `isort_check` / `isort`, `lint_check` / `lint`, `license`, `setup_check` / `setup` before commiting changes to the repository to avoid unnecessary development cycles. `smartmeter-datacollector` uses [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/scs/smartmeter-datacollector/actions) to check if these rules apply.
+
+# Acknowledgements
+`smartmeter-datacollector` and its companion project [`smartmeter-datacollector-configurator`](https://github.com/scs/smartmeter-datacollector-configurator) have been developed by **[Supercomputing Systems AG](https://www.scs.ch)** on behalf of and funded by **[EKZ](https://www.ekz.ch/)**.