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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
http://ngircd.barton.de/
- (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+ (c)2001-2016 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
ngIRCd is free software and published under the
terms of the GNU General Public License.
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
I. Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-ngIRCd is an Open Source server for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which
-is developed and published under the terms of the GNU General Public
-Licence, see the file COPYING for details. ngIRCd means "next generation
-IRC daemon" (which is a little bit exaggerated, "lightweight Internet Relay
-Chat server" would be better), it's written from scratch and not deduced
-from the "grandfather of IRC daemons", the daemon of the IRCNet.
+ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for
+small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License
+(GPL; please see the file COPYING for details). It is simple to configure,
+can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is
+written from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
+
+The name ngIRCd means next generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit
+exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would be a
+better name :-)
Please see the INSTALL document for installation and upgrade information!
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ Please see the INSTALL document for installation and upgrade information!
II. Status
~~~~~~~~~~~
-It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviours of the
+It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics
specified by the RFCs.
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ releases there.
If you are interested in the latest development versions (which are not
always stable), then please read the section about "GIT" on the homepage and
the file "doc/GIT.txt" which describes the use of GIT, the version control
-system used by ngIRCd (homepage: http://git.or.cz/).
+system used by ngIRCd (homepage: ).
VI. Bugs
@@ -80,10 +83,11 @@ VI. Bugs
If you find bugs in the ngIRCd (which might be there :-), please report
them at the following URL:
-
+
There you can read about known bugs and limitations, too.
-If you have critics, patches or something else, please feel free to post a
-mail to the ngIRCd mailing list: (please see
- for details).
+If you have comments, patches or something else, please feel free to post
+a mail to the ngIRCd mailing list: (please see
+ for details) or join the ngIRCd IRC
+channel: .