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+========================\r
+ReactOS\99 Version 0.4.x\r
+Updated August 31, 2016\r
+========================\r
+\r
+1. What is ReactOS?\r
+-------------------\r
+\r
+ReactOS\99 is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is\r
+compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows\99 NT\r
+family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).\r
+\r
+More information is available at: https://www.reactos.org\r
+\r
+\r
+2. Relationship with the WINE project\r
+-------------------------------------\r
+\r
+ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much\r
+programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and\r
+still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in\r
+applications and testing suites.\r
+\r
+\r
+3. Future compatibility\r
+-----------------------\r
+\r
+The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003\r
+compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with\r
+Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.\r
+\r
+\r
+4. Supporting other System Applications\r
+---------------------------------------\r
+\r
+The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS\r
+architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another\r
+operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.\r
+We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly\r
+others in the future.\r
+\r
+\r
+5. Is ReactOS legal?\r
+--------------------\r
+\r
+Yes we are.\r
+All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers.\r
+We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean,\r
+same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals,\r
+including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely\r
+available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions)\r
+which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs\r
+exposed by the operating system.\r
+\r
+\r
+6. Tutorials\r
+------------\r
+\r
+Developer and User Tutorials: https://www.reactos.org/wiki\r
+\r
+The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing\r
+ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.\r
+\r
+\r
+7. Frequently Asked Questions\r
+-----------------------------\r
+\r
+Some of your questions may be answered in: https://www.reactos.org/joining/faqs\r
+In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://www.reactos.org/forum/ may contain\r
+complementary, yet non-official, information.\r
+\r
+\r
+8. Authors\r
+----------\r
+\r
+This document was originally written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com)\r
+and is now occasionally updated by various contributors.\r