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+ndd-cpp v0.1 (2013-08-09)
+
+This is the initial release, with support for expressInterest for one interest at a time.  A new release
+coming soon will have a Pending Interest Table and support processing multiple simultaneous interest and
+data packets.
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+ndn-cpp:  A Named Data Networking client library for C++ and C
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+libcrypto
+
+Build
+-----
+
+To build in a terminal, change directory to the ndn-cpp root.  Enter:
+
+./configure
+make
+
+(There is currently no "install" step.)
+
+Files
+-----
+
+This makes the following libraries:
+
+.libs/libndn-c.a: The core C code for encoding and communication.
+.libs/libndn-cpp.a: The C++ library API.  libndn-cpp also needs libndn-c.
+
+This makes the following test files:
+
+bin/test-get-async: Connect to one of the NDN testbed hubs, express an interest and display the received data.
+bin/test-encode-decode-interest: Encode and decode an interest, testing interest selectors and the name URI.
+bin/test-encode-decode-data: Encode and decode a data packet, including signing the data packet.
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+
+ndn-cpp is tested on the following platforms:
+Ubuntu 12.04 (gcc 4.6.3)
+Mac OS X 10.8.4 (clang 4.2)
+Mac OS X 10.8.4 (gcc 4.2)
+
+
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+ndn-cpp:  A Named Data Networking client library for C++ and C
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ndn-cpp is a new implementation of a Named Data Networking client library written in C++ and C.  
+It is wire format compatible with NDNx.
+	
+ndn-cpp is open source under a license described in the file COPYING.  While the license
+does not require it, we really would appreciate it if others would share their
+contributions to the library if they are willing to do so under the same license. 
+
+See the file INSTALL for build and install instructions.
+
+Please ubmit any bugs or issues to the ndn-cpp issue tracker:
+http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndn-cpp/issues
+
+---
+	
+The library currently requires a remote NDN daemon, and has been tested with ndnd, from
+the NDNx package: https://github.com/named-data/ndnx .
+
+Currently, the library has two APIs for developers: 
+
+	1. The C++ API which follows the NDN Common Client Library API also used by ndn-js (JavaScript)
+     and PyNDN (Python).
+
+	2. A core C library implementing lower-level encoding and communication.  Applications should normally
+     use the C++ API, but core C code will also function on embedded devices and other environments 
+     which don't have C++ support.