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                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 

-               (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2013 Alexander Barton and Contributors.

                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 


@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
 I. Introduction
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 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 (URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). ngIRCd means "next
-generation IRC daemon", 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!
 
 
 Please see the INSTALL document for installation and upgrade information!
 


@@ -43,12 +47,14 @@ WHOIS, WHOWAS.
 III. Features (or: why use ngIRCd?)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 III. Features (or: why use ngIRCd?)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

-- no problems with servers which have dynamic IP addresses
-- simple, easy understandable configuration file,
-- freely published open-source C source code,
-- ngIRCd will be developed on in the future.
+- well arranged (lean) configuration file
+- simple to build/install, configure and maintain
+- supports IPv6 and SSL
+- 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.
 - 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.

 
 
 IV. Documentation
 
 
 IV. Documentation


@@ -68,7 +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
 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: http://git-scm.com/).

 
 
 VI. Bugs
 
 
 VI. Bugs


@@ -82,5 +88,6 @@ 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
 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: <ngircd-ml@arthur.ath.cx> (please see
-<http://ngircd.barton.de/support.php#ml> for details).
+mail to the ngIRCd mailing list: <ngircd-ml@arthur.barton.de> (please see
+<http://ngircd.barton.de/support.php#ml> for details) or join the ngIRCd
+IRC channel: <irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd>.