README file: n. Hacker's-eye introduction traditionally
included in the top-level directory of a Unix source distribution,
containing a pointer to more detailed documentation, credits,
miscellaneous revision history, notes, etc. (The file may be named
README, or READ.ME, or rarely ReadMe or readme.txt or some other
variant.) In the Mac and PC worlds, software is not usually
distributed in source form, and the README is more likely to contain
user-oriented material like last-minute documentation changes, error
workarounds, and restrictions. When asked, hackers invariably
relate the README convention to the famous scene in Lewis Carroll's
"Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" in which Alice confronts magic
munchies labeled "Eat Me" and "Drink Me".
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