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+# This is Ryan's temporary experimental fork of SDL.
 
-Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL for short) is a cross-platform library
-designed to make it easy to write multi-media software, such as games
-and emulators.
+I'm trying out various things that might be merged later.
 
-You can find the latest release and additional information at:
-https://www.libsdl.org/
+If you want SDL, this is not the fork you want. You want
+[the main repository](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL).
 
-Installation instructions and a quick introduction is available in
-[INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md)
-
-This library is distributed under the terms of the zlib license,
-available in [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt).
-
-Enjoy!
-
-Sam Lantinga (slouken@libsdl.org)