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+Zebra server,
+ Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Index Data
 
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1998, Index Data.
- * See the file LICENSE.2 for details.
- * Sebastian Hammer, Adam Dickmeiss
+Introduction
+------------
+Zebra is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing
+and retrieval engine. It reads structured records in a variety of input
+formats (eg. email, XML, MARC) and allows access to them through exact
+boolean search expressions and relevance-ranked free-text queries. 
 
-README for Zebra
-  $Id: README,v 1.1 1998-01-29 13:33:23 adam Exp $
+Documentation
+-------------
+You'll find documentation in subdirectory 'doc' in various
+formats (HTML, Docbook XML). You can also browse the
+documentation from the zebra home page.
 
-Documentation about this software can be found in the subdirectory
-'doc' and Zebra's home page:  http://www.indexdata.dk/zebra
+Installation
+------------
+Install YAZ. Optional external packages: Tcl, iconv, EXPAT, libxml2
+and libxslt1. 
 
-To get more information or assistance, send mail to zebra-help@indexdata.dk.
+Quick compile and install:
+  ./configure
+  make
+  make install
+
+For detailed instructions and Windows installation refer to
+the documentation.
+
+License
+-------
+Zebra is covered by the GNU GPL v2. See LICENSE.zebra.
+
+Support
+------
+To get more information or assistance, send mail to info@indexdata.dk
 
 We maintain a mailing-list for the purpose of announcing new versions of
-the software, bug-reports, discussion etc. You can sign up by sending
-mail to zebra-request@indexdata.dk and include the following command
-in your email:
-    subscribe zebra-l
+the software, bug-reports, discussion etc. You can sign up at the URL
+http://lists.indexdata.dk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zebralist
+