+ This document describes how to build LilyPond on Unix platforms. It
+is also known to run and compile on Windows NT/95/98 as well. More
+information on this topic can be found at the LilyPond on Windows page
+(ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/gnu-windows/).
+
+Downloading
+===========
+
+ Even numbered versions are `stable'. The webpages for the stable
+version (1.2) reside on the GNU servers
+(http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond). Big enhancements go into the
+latest odd numbered version (1.3), whose webpages are on the lilypond
+site (http://www.lilypond.org/).
+
+source code
+-----------
+
+ If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
+ * Download development releases from
+ `ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/' by FTP and
+ `http://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/', by HTTP.
+
+ * `ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/' by FTP (Canadian mirror)
+
+ * at `lilypond.org' `ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/' by FTP and
+ `http://www.lilypond.org/ftp/' by HTTP.