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+_______________________________________________________________________________
+
+  The Watchmaker Framework for Evolutionary Computation - Version 0.7.1
+   (http://watchmaker.uncommons.org)
+  Copyright 2006-2010 Daniel W. Dyer (http://www.dandyer.co.uk)
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+1). Getting Started
+-------------------
+
+Please refer to the included LICENCE.txt and NOTICE.txt files for terms of use.
+
+  User Manual:    http://watchmaker.uncommons.org/manual/index.html
+  API Reference:  http://watchmaker.uncommons.org/api/index.html
+
+Source code for several example programs is included in the distribution.
+
+The examples can be run with the following command:
+
+    java -jar watchmaker-examples-0.7.1.jar
+
+This will list the names of available example applications.  Then just run the
+command again with one of those names as an argument.
+
+
+2). Library Dependencies
+------------------------
+
+The following bundled JAR files are required by all programs that use the
+Watchmaker Framework:
+
+  watchmaker-framework-0.7.1.jar        (Apache Licence 2.0)
+  uncommons-maths-1.2.1.jar             (Apache Licence 2.0)
+  google-collect-1.0.jar                (Apache Licence 2.0)
+
+These additional JAR files are required to use the Watchmaker Framework Swing
+components:
+
+  watchmaker-swing-0.7.1.jar            (Apache Licence 2.0)
+  jfreechart-1.0.13.jar                 (GNU LGPL 2.1)
+  jcommon-1.0.16.jar                    (GNU LGPL 2.1)
+
+Example applications are included in the watchmaker-examples-0.7.1.jar file.
+This file is not required by other applications that use the Watchmaker
+Framework.