+This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
+implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.
+
+
+Introduction
+--------------
+
+GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a C language library that allows to add
+support for cryptography to a program. It is designed to make access
+to public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for
+applications. GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption,
+decryption, signing, signature verification and key management.
+
+GPGME uses GnuPG and GpgSM as its backends to support OpenPGP and the
+Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).
+
+GPGME runs best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems. Other Unices may
+require small portability fixes, send us your patches.
+
+See the file COPYING.LESSER and each file for copyright and warranty
+information.
+
+
+Installation
+--------------
+
+See the file INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
+
+Check that you have unmodified sources. See below on how to do this.
+Don't skip it - this is an important step!
+
+To build GPGME, you need to install libgpg-error. You need at least
+libgpg-error 1.8.
+
+For support of the OpenPGP protocol (default), you should use the
+latest version of GnuPG 1.2 or 1.4, available at:
+ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/
+
+You need at least GnuPG 1.2.2.
+
+If configure can't find the `gpg' binary in your path, you can specify
+the location with the --with-gpg=/path/to/gpg argument to configure.
+
+For support of the CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) protocol, you
+need the latest CVS version of GnuPG 1.9, which is available in the
+GnuPG repository:
+http://www.gnupg.org/download/cvs_access.html
+Use the tag `GNUPG-1-9-BRANCH'. There are also snapshots available at:
+ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnupg/
+
+You need at least GpgSM 1.9.6.