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--- README.md
+++ README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ server for small or private networks, developed under 
 General Public License ([GPL]); please see the file `COPYING` for licensing
 information.
 
-The server is simple to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and
-supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written from scratch and not based on the
-original IRCd.
+The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+daemon of the IRCNet.
 
-The name ngIRCd means *next generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
+The name ngIRCd means *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
 exaggerated: *lightweight Internet Relay Chat server* most probably would have
 been a better name :-)
 
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ online available here: <https://ngircd.barton.de/doc/I
 
 ## Status
 
-ngIRCd should be quite feature complete and stable to be used as daemon in
-real world IRC networks.
+ngIRCd should be quite feature-complete and stable to be used as a daemon in
+real-world IRC networks.
 
 It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
 original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics
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--- contrib/Debian/control
+++ contrib/Debian/control
@@ -19,16 +19,21 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Provides: ircd
 Description: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
- This package provides ngIRCd, a portable and lightweight Internet Relay
- Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU
- General Public License (GPL). It is simple to configure, can cope with
- dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written
- from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL).
  .
+ The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+ user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+ server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+ daemon of IRCNet.
+ .
  This package contains the "standard distribution", including support for
  syslog logging and compressed server-links using zlib. Please have a look
- at the "ngircd-full" package if you need advanced functionality like support
- for IPv6 or SSL.
+ at the "ngircd-full" package if you need "more advanced" functionality like
+ support for TCP wrappers, IDENT requests, the IPv6 protocol, PAM and
+ SSL encrypted client and server links.
 
 Package: ngircd-full
 Architecture: any
@@ -36,14 +41,18 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Provides: ircd
 Conflicts: ngircd, ngircd-dbg
 Description: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
- This package provides ngIRCd, a portable and lightweight Internet Relay
- Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU
- General Public License (GPL). It is simple to configure, can cope with
- dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written
- from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL).
  .
+ The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+ user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+ server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+ daemon of IRCNet.
+ .
  In addition to the features of the "standard package", this package
- includes support for TCP wrappers, IDENT requests, the IPv6 protocol and
+ includes support for TCP wrappers, IDENT requests, the IPv6 protocol, PAM and
  SSL encrypted client and server links.
 
 Package: ngircd-full-dbg
@@ -52,14 +61,18 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Provides: ircd
 Conflicts: ngircd, ngircd-full
 Description: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
- This package provides ngIRCd, a portable and lightweight Internet Relay
- Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU
- General Public License (GPL). It is simple to configure, can cope with
- dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written
- from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL).
  .
+ The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+ user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+ server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+ daemon of IRCNet.
+ .
  In addition to the features of the "standard package", this package
- includes support for TCP wrappers, IDENT requests, the IPv6 protocol and
+ includes support for TCP wrappers, IDENT requests, the IPv6 protocol, PAM and
  SSL encrypted client and server links.
  .
  And in addition to the "full" variant, the binaries contained in this
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--- contrib/ngircd.spec
+++ contrib/ngircd.spec
@@ -15,20 +15,16 @@ BuildRoot:    %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel, openssl-devel
 
 %description
-This package provides ngIRCd, a portable and lightweight Internet Relay
-Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU
-General Public License (GPL). It is simple to configure, can cope with
-dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written
-from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
+ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small
+or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 
-Advantages:
- - well arranged (lean) configuration file
- - simple to build/install, configure and maintain
- - supports IPv6 and SSL
- - no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
- - freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source
- - ngIRCd is being actively developed since 2001
+The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+server has been written from scratch and is not based on the forefather, the
+daemon of IRCNet.
 
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %build