X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=05644ec744903962da09db4905e552a0d076a072;hp=1ea96ef4157393dd717c4135ed1a3a67c2199067;hb=c2e4c304e3adde2217056c2e6d674fd24e0cd800;hpb=e0f8ce093ad2cc389fe8ffd404addaf609451b3f diff --git a/README b/README index 1ea96ef4..05644ec7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors. + (c)2001-2015 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! @@ -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: .