-is a portable IRC daemon written from scratch. It is easy to configure,
-supports server links (even with original ircds) and runs on hosts with
-changing IP addresses (such as dial-in networks). Currently supported
-platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5), A/UX (3.0.1), FreeBSD
-(4.5), HP-UX (10.20), IRIX (6.5), Linux (2.x), Mac OS X (10.x), NetBSD
-(1.5.2/i386, 1.5.3/m68k), Solaris (2.5.1, 2.6), and Windows with Cygwin.
+is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
+developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+
+It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
+many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
+original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
+dial-in networks).
+
+Currently supported platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5 with IBM XL
+C Compiler), A/UX (3.x, Apple pre-ANSI C Compiler and GNU C), FreeBSD
+(4.5/i386, GNU C), HP-UX (10.20, GNU C), IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30),
+Linux (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C), Mac OS X (10.x, GNU C),
+NetBSD (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C), Solaris (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C),
+and Windows with Cygwin (GNU C).
+
+As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
+there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
+systems.
+