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+DeforaOS libDatabase
+====================
+
+About libDatabase
+-----------------
+
+libDatabase provides an abstraction layer for relational database management
+systems (RDBMS) using SQL as the query language.
+
+libDatabase depends on the DeforaOS libSystem library (version 0.4.3 or above),
+which is found on the website for the DeforaOS Project:
+<https://www.defora.org/>.
+
+
+Compiling libDatabase
+---------------------
+
+libDatabase depends on the following components:
+
+ * DeforaOS libSystem
+ * An implementation of `make`
+ * GTK-Doc for the API documentation
+ * PostgreSQL's client libraries
+ * SQLite 2
+ * SQLite 3
+
+With GCC, this should then be enough to compile and install libDatabase:
+
+    $ make install
+
+To install libDatabase in a dedicated directory, like `/path/to/libDatabase`:
+
+    $ make PREFIX="/path/to/libDatabase" install
+
+
+Generating Makefiles
+--------------------
+
+If necessary, it is possible to re-generate the Makefiles for the current
+platform with `configure(1)` from the DeforaOS configure project, found at
+<https://www.defora.org/os/project/16/configure>. The procedure is then as
+follows:
+
+    $ configure
+    $ make
+
+Please refer to the documentation of DeforaOS configure for further
+instructions.
+
+THe Makefiles provided target the NetBSD Operating System
+<https://www.netbsd.org/> by default.
+
+
+Python bindings
+---------------
+
+Part of libDatabase's API can also be accessed from within the Python
+programming language. This binding is not compiled or installed by default.
+After installing libDatabase as documented above, the Python interface can be
+built and installed as follows:
+
+    $ (cd src/python && make install)
+
+Likewise, an alternate installation directory may be specified:
+
+    $ (cd src/python && make PREFIX="/path/to/libDatabase" install)
+
+Makefiles can be re-generated for the bindings as well:
+
+    $ configure src/python
+
+
+Distributing libDatabase
+------------------------
+
+DeforaOS libDatabase is subject to the terms of the 2-clause BSD license.
+Please see the `COPYING` file for more information.
+
+
+Caveats
+-------
+
+### Python bindings
+
+The Python bindings are outdated and still assume Python 2.7.
+
diff --git a/project.conf b/project.conf
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--- a/project.conf
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config=ent,h,sh
 
 subdirs=data,doc,include,src,tests,tools
 targets=tests
-dist=COPYING,Makefile,config.ent,config.h,config.sh
+dist=COPYING,Makefile,README.md,config.ent,config.h,config.sh
 
 #targets
 [tests]
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ phony=1
 #dist
 [COPYING]
 install=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)
+
+[README.md]
+install=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)