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+This is the LAMMPS (1 Oct 2006) software package.
+
+LAMMPS stands for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel
+Simulator.
+
+Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
+DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
+certain rights in this software.  This software is distributed under
+the GNU General Public License.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics simulation code designed to
+run efficiently on parallel computers.  It was developed at Sandia
+National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy facility, with
+funding from the DOE.  It is an open-source code, distributed freely
+under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
+
+The primary author of the code is Steve Plimpton, who can be emailed
+at sjplimp@sandia.gov.  The LAMMPS WWW Site at
+www.cs.sandia.gov/~sjplimp/lammps.html has more information about the
+code and its uses.
+
+The LAMMPS (1 Oct 2006) distribution includes the following files
+and directories:
+
+README			   this file
+LICENSE			   the GNU General Public License (GPL)
+bench			   benchmark problems
+doc			   documentation
+examples		   simple test problems
+lib			   libraries LAMMPS can be linked with
+potentials		   interatomic potential files
+src			   source files
+tools			   pre- and post-processing tools
+
+Point your browser at any of these files to get started:
+
+doc/Manual.html	           the LAMMPS manual
+doc/Section_intro.html	   hi-level introduction to LAMMPS
+doc/Section_start.html	   how to build and use LAMMPS