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 EurKEY-Mac
 ==========
 
-The Keyboard Layout for Europeans, Coders and Translators
+The Keyboard Layout for Europeans, Coders and Translators - Version for Mac OS X.
+
+This is a port of the [EurKEY Keyboard layout](http://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/), which features a QWERTY baseline layout (=good access to braces etc.) 
+with quick access to commonly used accented characters and Umlauts.
+
+
+Install
+=======
+
+Copy the two files `EurKEY.keylayout` and `EurKEY.icns` to your library,
+either system-wide (`/Library/Keyboard Layouts`) or for your local user (`~/Library
+
+
+License
+=======
+
+The Layout itself is licensed under [GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html).
+The EU flag icon is taken from [Iconspedia](http://www.iconspedia.com/pack/european-flags-1631/),
+created by [Alpak](http://alpak.deviantart.com/) and
+licensed under [CC](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0)
+
+