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+## What is this? ##
+
+This is yet another media system. Currently it is only for music, but soon
+there will possibly be support for other media.
+
+Much of this code is inspired by Arch Linux's package manager called Pacman.
+The reason for this was mainly because the concept of separate libraries in this
+project and separate package repositories can share a lot of code. For more
+information about Pacman, see <https://archlinux.org/pacman>.
+
+## Why bother? ##
+
+This project is to solve a problem in the media server world of making a really
+cool system, then making it so basic functionality turns into a premium feature
+(in other words, paid features).
+
+Another goal of this is to create a relatively simple system with not many
+features that will make things complicated and slow. Yet make it so clients can
+connect and play or download your media.
+
+This is just the server aspect of it. This manages a simple database to keep
+track of media. There is also a basic web interface included.
+
+So far, this only tracks audio and may be updated to include video and other
+media.
+
+## Why no code? ##
+
+I (Mark Weiman) am still designing this and will take some time before it's
+ready. If you are interested in this, just check back and see if something's
+done.