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+# This is Ryan's temporary experimental fork of SDL.
 
-# Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Version 3.0
+I'm trying out various things that might be merged later.
 
-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).
 
-Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed
-to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics
-hardware. It is used by video playback software, emulators, and popular games
-including Valve's award winning catalog and many Humble Bundle games.
-
-More extensive documentation is available in the docs directory, starting
-with [README.md](docs/README.md). If you are migrating to SDL 3.0 from SDL 2.0,
-the changes are extensively documented in [README-migration.md](docs/README-migration.md).
-
-Enjoy!
-
-Sam Lantinga (slouken@libsdl.org)