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diff --git a/README b/README
index aed271598..15afb2cf9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ BUG REPORTS:
 AUTHOR:
         Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers
 
+LICENSE:
+        GPLv2+ for all code, except sd-daemon.[ch] which is MIT
+
 REQUIREMENTS:
-        Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6)
-        libudev >= 163
+        Linux kernel >= 2.6.39 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6)
+        libudev >= 172
         dbus >= 1.4.0
         libcap
         gtk+ >= 2.20 (optional)
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         automake
         autoconf
         libtool
+        gperf
         make, gcc, and similar tools
 
         During runtime you need the following dependencies:
@@ -56,6 +60,19 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         plymouth (optional)
         dracut (optional)
 
+        When systemd-hostnamed is used it is strongly recommended to
+        install nss-myhostname to ensure that in a world of
+        dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolveable
+        under all circumstances. In fact, systemd-hostnamed will warn
+        if nss-myhostname is not installed. Packagers are encouraged to
+        add a dependency on nss-myhostname to the package that
+        includes systemd-hostnamed.
+
+        Note that D-Bus can link against libsystemd-login.so, which
+        results in a cyclic build dependency. To accomodate for this
+        please build D-Bus without systemd first, then build systemd,
+        then rebuild D-Bus with systemd support.
+
 WARNINGS:
         systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
         symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a
@@ -63,7 +80,7 @@ WARNINGS:
 
         systemd will warn you during boot if /usr is on a different
         file system than /. While in systemd itself very little will
-        break if /usr is on a seperate partition many of its
+        break if /usr is on a separate partition many of its
         dependencies very likely will break sooner or later in one
         form or another. For example udev rules tend to refer to
         binaries in /usr, binaries that link to libraries in /usr or
@@ -72,6 +89,9 @@ WARNINGS:
         about this, since this kind of file system setup is not really
         supported anymore by the basic set of Linux OS components.
 
+        For more information on this issue consult
+        http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
+
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