README file
<convention> An introduction traditionally included in the top-level
directory of a Unix source distribution, containing a pointer to more detailed
documentation, credits, miscellaneous revision history, notes, etc. The file may
be named README, or READ.ME, or rarely ReadMe or readme.txt or some other
variant.
In the Macintosh and IBM PC worlds, software is not usually distributed in
source form, and the README is more likely to contain user-oriented material
like last-minute documentation changes, error workarounds, and restrictions.
The README convention probably follows the famous scene in Lewis Carroll's
"Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" in which Alice confronts magic munchies
labelled "Eat Me" and "Drink Me".
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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