From 6d5a9e96400025044af8172887ef99589c0d1eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Sustrik Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 6627a482ed..c40c1e1abc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,2 +1,37 @@ -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.