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+# What is cccp-mode?
+
+cccp-mode is an emacs mode for interacting with a Common Collaborative
+Coding Protocol server. One such server can be found
+[here]:"https://github.com/djspiewak/cccp". 
+
+# What is the status of cccp-mode?
+
+It's not even in alpha yet: there is no code at all.
+
+# What can I use cccp-mode for?
+
+At the moment, nothing: see "status" above. Ultimately, the idea is to
+enable Google Docs-like collaborative editing, where you and any
+number of collegues can remotely edit the same document. So you and I
+could both be sitting in front of our own machines, with me using
+emacs and you using jEdit, modifying different (or even the same)
+sections of the same files, and each of us would be able to see the
+other's changes appear in (nearly) real time in our own copy of the
+document.
+
+# How is this better than sharing an emacs via tmux/screen?
+
+With tmux/screen, all participants are forced to use the same editor,
+on the same machine, with the same configuration. In other words,
+cccp-mode enables the following scenarios: 
+
+* You and I both use local emacs to edit the same file. You have a
+  completely different emacs setup than I do. We may not even be
+  running the same version of emacs.
+* You and I use completely different editors to modify the same file.
+  I use emacs; perhaps you prefer vi (although no vi plugin currently
+  exists).
+
+# Cool! When will it be ready for me to use?
+
+No idea. Depends on how hard it is and how much time I spend on it.