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+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Mini-NDN version 0.1.0 (initial release)
+----------------------------------------
+
+Release date: July 15, 2015
+
+Mini-NDN is a lightweight networking emulation tool that enables testing, experimentation, and
+research on the NDN platform. Based on Mininet, Mini-NDN uses the NDN libraries, NFD, NLSR, and
+tools released by the [NDN project](http://named-data.net/codebase/platform/) to emulate
+an NDN network on a single system.
+
+**Included features**:
+
+- Run a complete NDN network on a single system
+
+- Automatic configuration of NLSR to provide a routable NDN network
+
+- Supports user created NDN applications
+
+- Create a topology using the included Mini-NDN Edit GUI application
+
+- Allows individual configuration of NFD and NLSR parameters for each node
+
+- Provides an experiment management framework for easy creation of custom networking experiments
+
+- Uses a simple topology file format to define hosts, links, and configuration values
+
+- Configure network link parameters including bandwidth, delay, and loss rate
+
+- Includes a pre-configured topology file to replicate the NDN testbed