diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1134995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Argonaut Blazing Render (BRender)
+
+This is the source code to version 1.1.2 of the BRender engine by Argonaut Software/Argonaut Games, from approximately 1995/09/07.
+
+This is intended as a basic release to let others build on, and more info on how to build and use this code will be added later.
+
+See also [the release of a 1997 version of the BRender engine](https://github.com/foone/BRender-1997) and [version v1.3.2](https://github.com/foone/BRender-v1.3.2).
+
+## Source of this code
+
+This code was used (with minor modifications) to build the game Privateer 2: The Darkening by Electronic Arts. No Privater 2 code is included in this release. 
+
+## Approval to open source this software
+
+Approval to open source this was given in an email from Jez San, former CEO of Argonaut. 
+
+## Credits
+
+| Role          | Name           | 
+| ------------- | -------------  |
+| Programming   | `Sam Littlewood` `Dan Piponi` `Simon Everett` `Philip Pratt` |
+| Ports         | `Simon Everett` `Philip Pratt` `Patrick Buckland` `Zareh Johannes`  `Anthony Savva` `Stainless Software Ltd`    |
+| Testing       | `Philip Pratt`  |
+| Project Management | `Stefano Zammattio` |
+| Technical Reference Manual | `Crosbie Fitch` `Philip Pratt` |
+| Tutorial & Installation Guides | `Robbie McQuaid` | 
+| Marketing | `Paul Ayscough` `Mitra Faulkner` |
+| Sales | `Edwin Masterson` |
+| Artwork| `Michel Bowes` |
+| Technical Support | `Neela Dass` `Tony Roberts` `John Gay` `Jon Wolff` |
+| With Thanks to | `Pete Warnes` `Mike Day` `Tim Gummer` `Vinay Gupta` `Marcia Petterson` `Jez San` | 
+
+(From the 1996 Technical Reference Manual. More names will be added if they are uncovered)
+
+The open sourcing of this version was done by Scott Hanselman and Foone Turing, with help from an anonymous contributor. 
+
+## License
+
+This is released under the MIT license.
+
+
+Copyright (c) 1995 Argonaut Software Limited 
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.