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 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
 License along with this program.  If not, see
 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## Important Note
+
+This project is not yet ready for release. Everything within it should
+be considered unstable and subject to change at any time.
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+This library is inspired very heavily by the
+[gemini-server](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/gemini-server)
+package, but does not need to be linked against OpenSSL. Instead, it
+uses [tcp-streams](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/tcp-streams) to
+provide TLS functionality.