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-# Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Version 3.0
+Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL for short) is a cross-platform library
+designed to make it easy to write multi-media software, such as games
+and emulators.
 
+You can find the latest release and additional documentation at:
 https://www.libsdl.org/
 
-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).
+This library is distributed under the terms of the zlib license,
+available in the file LICENSE.txt.
 
 Enjoy!