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+SimpleID
+========
+
+SimpleID is a simple, personal OpenID provider written in PHP.
+
+Latest Version
+--------------
+
+Version 1.0 is the final version of the original series of SimpleID.
+SimpleID 2.0 is almost a complete rewrite of SimpleID and is not
+backwards compatible this version.
+
+The latest version of SimpleID can be found in the SimpleID web page at
+<http://simpleid.org/>
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+
+General upgrade instructions can be found in UPGRADE.txt.
+
+IMPORTANT: SimpleID version 0.9 introduced numerous changes and additional
+system requirements.  A manual upgrading process is required.  If you are
+upgrading from an earlier version of SimpleID, please read UPGRADE.txt for
+upgrade instructions.
+
+IMPORTANT: SimpleID version 0.7 introduced numerous changes.  A manual
+upgrading process is required.  If you are upgrading from an earlier version of
+SimpleID, please read UPGRADE.txt for upgrade instructions.
+
+IMPORTANT: SimpleID version 0.6 introduced a new log in mechanism.  If you
+are upgrading from an earlier version of SimpleID, please read
+UPGRADE.txt for upgrade instructions.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+For installation instructions, please see the SimpleID Getting Started Guide at
+<http://simpleid.org/docs/1/#getting-started>.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+Documentation for SimpleID can be found at
+<http://simpleid.org/docs/1/>.
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+Licensing information for SimpleID can be found in the file COPYING.txt.
+
+Donate
+------
+
+If you enjoy using SimpleID, please consider making a donation to support the
+ongoing development work.  To find out more on how to donate, visit
+<http://simpleid.org/donate>.
+
+Your donation is very much appreciated.
+
+Acknowledgements
+----------------
+
+SimpleID includes code from the Drupal OpenID module
+<http://drupal.org/project/openid>, written by Rowan Kerr
+<rowan@standardinteractive.com> and James Walker <james@bryght.com>.
+
+SimpleID includes code from php-gettext <https://launchpad.net/php-gettext>,
+written by Danilo Segan <danilo@kvota.net> and Nico Kaiser <nico@siriux.net>.
+
+SimpleID uses the XTemplate PHP templating engine
+<http://www.phpxtemplate.org>, written by Barnabas Debreceni and Jeremy Coates.
+Licensing information for this library can be found in COPYING-xtemplate.txt.
+
+SimpleID uses the famfamfam Silk icon set
+<http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/>, designed by Mark James.  The icon
+set is licensed is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
+<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/>.
+
+SimpleID uses the jQuery JavaScript library <http://jquery.com>, by John
+Resig and the jQuery team.  Licensing information for this library can be found
+at <http://docs.jquery.com/Licensing>.
+
+SimpleID uses the jQuery QR code library
+<http://jeromeetienne.github.io/jquery-qrcode/>, by Jerome Etienne.  Licensing
+information for this library can be found at
+<https://github.com/jeromeetienne/jquery-qrcode/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE.txt>.
+
+SimpleID uses normalize.css style sheet
+<http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/>, by Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan
+Neal.  Licensing information for this library can be found at
+<https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/LICENSE.md>.