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+This is the README file for Pd, a free real-time computer music software
+package resembling Max.  You can get Pd for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, or IRIX
+from http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html or ftp://felix.ucsd.edu.  
+Installation instructions are in the HTML DOCUMENTATION at:
+
+    http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/index.htm
+
+If you download and unpack Pd, you will also find the html documentation
+locally in the file, .../pd-whatever/doc/1.manual/index.htm.  To unpack Pd:
+
+LINUX (or freeBSD).  Download Pd, which will be a ".tar.gz" file; to unpack it,
+type "zcat [name].tar.gz | tar xf -" to a shell.  This creates a directory with
+a name like "pd-0.35".  There are also RPMs available.
+
+Microsoft Windows.  Pd is distributed as a "zip" file.   Unzip this,
+creating a directory such as \pd.
+
+IRIX.  Download Pd, which will be a "tar.Z" file.  You can unpack this by
+typing "zcat [name].tar.Z | tar xf -" to a shell.  
+
+Macintosh.  The web browser will automatically unpack the distributions
+into a folder such as "pd-0.35" on your desktop.
+
+If you have qustions about Pd, or if you wish to be notified of releases,
+check the Pd mailing list: http://iem.mhsg.ac.at/mailinglists/pd-list/
+
+Many extensions to Pd are available, notably for handling video and 3D
+graphics; see the html documentation for pointers.
+
+COPYRIGHT.  Except as otherwise noted, all files in the Pd distribution are
+
+    Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Miller Puckette and others.
+
+For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL
+WARRANTIES, see the file, "LICENSE.txt," included in the Pd distribution.
+(Note that tcl/tk, expr, and some other files are copyrighted separately).
+
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.  Thanks to Harry Castle, Mark Danks, Christian Feldbauer,
+Guenter Geiger, Kerry Hagan, Trevor Johnson, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, Karl
+MacMillan, Thomas Musil, Toshinori Ohkouchi, Winfried Ritsch, Vibeke Sorensen,
+Rand Steiger, Shahrokh Yadegari, David Zicarelli, Iohannes Zmoelnig, and
+probably many others for contributions of code, documentation, ideas, and
+expertise.  This work has received generous support from the Intel Research
+Council.