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-This is the 0MQ project. More information is available at 
-http://www.zeromq.org
+Welcome
+-------
+
+The 0MQ lightweight messaging kernel is a library which extends the
+standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by
+specialised messaging middleware products. 0MQ sockets provide an
+abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns,
+message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport
+protocols and more.
+
+
+Building and installation
+-------------------------
+
+See the INSTALL file included with the distribution.
+
+
+Resources
+---------
+
+Extensive documentation is provided with this distribution. Refer to
+doc/zmq.html, or "man zmq" after you have installed 0MQ on your system.
+
+Website: http://www.zeromq.org/
+
+Development mailing list: zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org
+Announcements mailing list: zeromq-announce@lists.zeromq.org
+
+0MQ developers can also be found on the IRC channel #zeromq, on the
+Freenode network (irc.freenode.net).
+
+Copying
+-------
+
+Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+Public License (LGPL). For details see the files `COPYING` and `COPYING.LESSER`
+included with the 0MQ distribution.