X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ef71c273cfd9bb596c74cc5214d4a57cf9280986;hp=2e19d831deac91663730963afba874b0f52dd736;hb=a5ca8be6588590c6c5feb35bb0f149c0619122c4;hpb=39d630c00d5b4680642d52463284e3282c2303ac diff --git a/README b/README index 2e19d831..ef71c273 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!