Mostly rewritten. It was starting to look dated.

diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,22 +1,43 @@
-2003-04-14
-
-This is the "Phase III" codebase for the Wikipedia project
-(http://www.wikipedia.org). It is possibly usable as a
-general-purpose wiki, but it was not intended as such and
-there is little or no support available for using it as such
-from the developers, who are busy full time supporting the
-Wikipedia project. There are many good general-purpose Wikis
-in the world. I personally recommend UseMod
-(http://www.usemod.com/).
-
-The code as a whole is Copyright 2002,2003 by
-Lee Daniel Crocker, Magnus Manske, Jan Hidders, Brion Vibber,
-Axel Boldt, Geoffrey T. Dairiki, Tomasz Wegrzanowski, 
-Erik Moeller and others, licensed under the terms of the
-GNU General Public License, version 2 (see
-http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and
-later versions of the code will also be considered free
-software licensed under the same terms.
+2003-11-08
+
+MediaWiki
+---------
+
+MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia
+(http://www.wikipedia.org) and the other Wikimedia
+Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an
+excellent range of features and support for high-traffic
+websites. However, it is generally harder to install. Be
+sure to follow the INSTALL document closely. Installation on
+a Microsoft Windows system is not recommended, however it is 
+possible. Documentation for installation on Windows may be 
+found at:
+
+  http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows
+
+The MediaWiki software was written by:
+
+* Lee Daniel Crocker
+* Magnus Manske
+* Jan Hidders
+* Brion Vibber
+* Axel Boldt
+* Geoffrey T. Dairiki
+* Tomasz Wegrzanowski
+* Erik Moeller
+* Tim Starling
+* Several others
+
+These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is
+licensed the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 
+2 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative 
+works and later versions of the code will also be considered 
+free software licensed under the same terms.
+
+The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no
+legal rights to the software, although copyright may be
+assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia has not funded 
+any of the development work.

 
 Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker are also
 released into the public domain, wich does not impair the
 
 Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker are also
 released into the public domain, wich does not impair the


@@ -32,15 +53,37 @@ code in CVS, report bugs and make feature requests there:
 
   http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
 
 
   http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
 

-The code is written in PHP. It was tested mainly on version
-4.06, but it is known to run in later versions. It requires
-MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL. It is now running with
-PHP 4.2.2 and MySQL 3.23.49 at http://www.wikipedia.org .
-The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has
-been made to make it portable to other OSs, though it may
-happen to run on some.  The math support in particular has
-run-time dependencies on things like TeTeX and GhostScript
-that are generally found in Linux but not other OSs.
+Documentation and discussion on new features may be found
+at:
+
+  http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
+
+If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, 
+it is highly recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-l:
+
+  http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+
+The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily 
+for announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security 
+issues. 
+
+PHP
+
+The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is 
+recommended. There are known issues with early 4.2.x
+releases. 
+
+MySQL
+
+MediaWiki requires MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL.
+Version 4.0 or later is strongly recommended

 
 

--- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
+Operating system

 
 

+The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt 
+has been made to make it portable to other OSs. The 
+math support in particular has run-time dependencies on 
+things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally 
+found in  Linux but not other OSs. However, we have had 
+reports of successful installation on Windows, albeit
+without TeX support.