+ http://ngircd.barton.de/
+
+ (c)2001-2016 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+ ngIRCd is free software and published under the
+ terms of the GNU General Public License.
+
+ -- README --
+
+
+I. Introduction
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+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!
+
+
+II. Status
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ngIRCd should be quite feature complete and stable to be used as daemon in
+real world IRC networks.
+
+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 that are used by existing clients.
+
+
+III. Features (or: why use ngIRCd?)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Well arranged (lean) configuration file.
+- Simple to build, install, configure, and maintain.
+- Supports IPv6 and SSL.
+- Can use PAM for user authentication.
+- Lots of popular user and channel modes are implemented.
+- Supports "cloaking" of users.
+- No problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses.
+- Freely available, modern, portable and tidy C source.
+- Wide field of supported platforms, including AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX,
+ IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
+- ngIRCd is being actively developed since 2001.