converted INSTALL to Markdown

moved licensing information to the README

INSTALL

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-Copyright 2007-2014 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
-This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
-available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
-see COPYING.
-
-To run OpenRA, several files are needed from the original game disks.
-A minimal asset pack can also be downloaded and installed by the game.
-
-Windows
--------
-
-* .NET Framework >= 4.0 (Client Profile)
-	(http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17113)
-* Cg Toolkit >= 2.2 (optional, for Cg renderer)
-	(https://developer.nvidia.com/cg-toolkit-download)
-* SDL 1.2 (included)
-	(http://libsdl.org/download-1.2.php)
-* SDL 2 (optional)
-	(http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php)
-* FreeType (included)
-	(http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm)
-* zlib (included)
-	(http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm)
-* OpenAL (included)
-	(http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html)
-
-To compile OpenRA, open the OpenRA.sln solution in the main folder,
-or build it from the command-line with MSBuild.
-
-Copy both the native DLLs from .\packaging\windows
-and the CLI images from .\thirdparty to the main folder.
-
-Run the game with `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=ra` for Red Alert
-or `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=cnc` for Tiberian Dawn.
-
-Debian/Ubuntu
--------------
-
-* mono-dmcs
-* libmono-winforms2.0-cil
-* cli-common-dev (>= 2.10)
-* freetype
-* openal
-* sdl
-* nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)
-
-To compile OpenRA, run `make all' from the command line.
-To grab the bundled CLI DLLs type `make dependencies'
-Run with either `launch-game.sh' or `mono --debug OpenRA.Game.exe'.
-
-Type 'sudo make install-all' for system wide installation. You
-can then run from the `openra` shortcut.
-
-Slackware
----------
-
-The following packages from slackbuilds.org are required, on 13.37 32-bit:
-* libgdiplus
-* mono
-* openAL
-* nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)
-
-openSUSE
---------
-
-* mono-devel
-* openal
-* freetype2
-* SDL
-* cg (optional, for Cg renderer)
-
-Gentoo
-------
-
-* dev-lang/mono
-* dev-dotnet/libgdiplus
-* media-libs/openal
-* media-gfx/nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)

INSTALL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+To run OpenRA, several files are needed from the original game disks.
+A minimal asset pack can also be downloaded and installed by the game.
+
+The following lists per-platform dependencies required to build from source.
+
+Windows
+=======
+
+* [.NET Framework >= 4.0 (Client Profile)](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17113)
+* [Cg Toolkit >= 2.2 (optional, for Cg renderer)](https://developer.nvidia.com/cg-toolkit-download)
+* [SDL 1.2 (included)](http://libsdl.org/download-1.2.php)
+* [SDL 2 (optional)](http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php)
+* [FreeType (included)](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm)
+* [zlib (included)](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm)
+* [OpenAL (included)](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html)
+
+To compile OpenRA, open the `OpenRA.sln` solution in the main folder,
+or build it from the command-line with MSBuild.
+
+Copy both the native DLLs from `.\packaging\windows`
+and the CLI images from `.\thirdparty` to the main folder.
+
+Run the game with `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=ra` for Red Alert
+or `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=cnc` for Tiberian Dawn.
+
+Linux
+=====
+
+To grab the bundled CLI DLLs type `make dependencies`.
+To compile OpenRA, run `make all` from the command line.
+Run with either `launch-game.sh' or `mono --debug OpenRA.Game.exe'.
+
+Type 'sudo make install-all' for system wide installation. You
+can then run from the `openra` shortcut.
+
+Debian/Ubuntu
+-------------
+
+* mono-dmcs
+* libmono-winforms2.0-cil
+* cli-common-dev (>= 2.10)
+* freetype
+* openal
+* sdl
+* nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)
+
+Slackware
+---------
+
+The following packages from slackbuilds.org are required, on 13.37 32-bit:
+* libgdiplus
+* mono
+* openAL
+* nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)
+
+openSUSE
+--------
+
+* mono-devel
+* openal
+* freetype2
+* SDL
+* cg (optional, for Cg renderer)
+
+Gentoo
+------
+
+* dev-lang/mono
+* dev-dotnet/libgdiplus
+* media-libs/openal
+* media-gfx/nvidia-cg-toolkit (optional, for Cg renderer)

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Check our [Playing the Game](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Playing-the-g
 
 ## Contribute
 
-* Please read [INSTALL](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/INSTALL) and [Compiling](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Compiling) on how to set up an OpenRA development environment.
+* Please read [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/INSTALL.md) and [Compiling](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Compiling) on how to set up an OpenRA development environment.
 * See [Hacking](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Hacking) for an overview of the engine.
 * To get your patches merged, please adhere to the [Contributing](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines.
 
@@ -42,3 +42,10 @@ Check our [Playing the Game](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Playing-the-g
 * Sponsor a [mirror server](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRAWeb/tree/master/content/packages) if you have some bandwidth to spare.
 * You can immediately set up a [Dedicated](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Dedicated) Game Server.
 * Fund development by creating [Bounties](https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/36085-openra) on specific tasks.
+
+## License
+Copyright 2007-2014 The OpenRA Developers (see [AUTHORS](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/AUTHORS))
+This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
+available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+see [COPYING](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/COPYING).