X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;fp=README;h=11d140d6464b7fb780fa79d9f7c3fa96b2197306;hp=2e19d831deac91663730963afba874b0f52dd736;hb=53b2acc00b60777b622e471ae6eef67e1876a01d;hpb=01b62202b2caa1b8161e62f149a9d6f705713869 diff --git a/README b/README index 2e19d831..11d140d6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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!