diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..56a478c393d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) +================================ + +This directory and its subdirectories contain source code for LLVM, +a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers, optimizers, and runtime environments. + +LLVM is open source software. You may freely distribute it under the terms of the license agreement found in LICENSE.txt. + +Please see the documentation provided in docs/ for further assistance with LLVM, and in particular docs/GettingStarted.rst for getting started with LLVM and docs/README.txt for an overview of LLVM's documentation setup. + +If you're writing a package for LLVM, see [docs/Packaging.rst](docs/Packaging.rst) for our suggestions.