+ to build GStreamer.
+- if you want to install it (not required, but what you usually want to do), run
+ make install
+
+- try out a simple test:
+ gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
+ (If you didn't install GStreamer, prefix gst-launch with tools/)
+
+ If it outputs a bunch of messages from fakesrc and fakesink, everything is
+ ok.
+
+ If it did not work, keep in mind that you might need to adjust the
+ PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to make the system
+ find GStreamer in the prefix where you installed (by default that is /usr/local).
+
+- After this, you're ready to install gst-plugins, which will provide the
+ functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read
+ that README.
+
+COMPILING FROM GIT
+------------------
+
+When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate
+the build system files.
+
+You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from git,
+including:
+- autoconf
+- automake
+- libtool
+
+autogen.sh will check for recent enough versions and complain if you don't have
+them. You can also specify specific versions of automake and autoconf with
+--with-automake and --with-autoconf
+
+Check autogen.sh options by running autogen.sh --help
+
+autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure
+
+When you have done this once, you can use autoregen.sh to re-autogen with
+the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it.
+
+After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in
+"COMPILING FROM SOURCE"
+
+You can also run your whole git stack uninstalled in your home directory,
+so that you can quickly test changes without affecting your system setup or
+interfering with GStreamer installed from packages. Many GStreamer developers
+use an uninstalled setup for their work.
+
+There is a 'create-uninstalled-setup.sh' script in
+
+ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/
+
+to easily create an uninstalled setup from scratch.
+
+
+PLUG-IN DEPENDENCIES AND LICENSES
+---------------------------------
+
+GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for
+details). Some of our plug-ins however rely on libraries which are available
+under other licenses. This means that if you are distributing an application
+which has a non-GPL compatible license (for instance a closed-source
+application) with GStreamer, you have to make sure not to distribute GPL-linked
+plug-ins.
+
+When using GPL-linked plug-ins, GStreamer is for all practical reasons
+under the GPL itself.
+
+HISTORY
+-------