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 # EncFS - an Encrypted Filesystem
 
-## About
-
-EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs in userspace, 
-using the FUSE library for the filesystem interface. EncFS is open source
-software, licensed under the LGPL.
-
-EncFS is now over 10 years old (first release in 2003).  It came about because
-older NFS-based encrypted filesystems such as CFS had not kept pace with Linux
-development.  When FUSE became available, I wrote a CFS replacement for my own
-use and released the first version to Open Source in 2003.
-
-As with most encrypted filesystems, Encfs was meant to provide security against
-off-line attacks; ie your notebook or backups fall into the wrong hands, etc.
-EncFS encrypts individual files, by translating all requests for the virtual
-EncFS filesystem into the equivalent encrypted operations on the raw
-filesystem. 
-
 ## Status
 
-Over the last 10 years, a number of good alternatives have grown up.  Computing
-power has increased to the point where it is reasonable to encrypt the entire
-filesystem of personal computers (and even mobile phones!).  On Linux, ecryptfs
-provides a nice dynamically mountable encrypted home directory, and is well
-integrated in distributions I use, such as Ubuntu.
+This is the development branch of EncFS.  
 
-EncFS has been dormant for a while.  I've started cleaning up in order to try
-and provide a better base for a version 2, but whether EncFS flowers again
-depends upon community interest.  In order to make it easier for anyone to
-contribute, I'm looking at Github as the next home for EncFS.  So if you're
-interested in EncFS, please dive in!
+WARNING - backward compatibility has been dropped many times during the
+development of 2.x, and almost certainly will be again.
 
-## GitHub page
+This branch should be able to read filesystems constructed from 1.x (modulo
+some bugs), but it cannot produce 1.x filesystems.
 
-GitHub hosting for EncFS is in progress.  See also the original, and more
-complete, introduction page at http://www.arg0.net/encfs