PPCoin: Update COPYING and README for initial release 0.1

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+PPCoin 0.1.0 BETA
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2012 PPCoin Developers
+Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
+the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).  This product includes
+cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
+
+
+Intro
+-----
+PPCoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with
+the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient crypto-currency.
+Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake
+help further advance the field of crypto-currency.
+
+
+Setup
+-----
+Unpack the files into a directory and run:
+ bin/32/ppcoind (headless, 32-bit)
+ bin/64/ppcoind (headless, 64-bit)
+
+The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to.  You can
+enable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) with your router/firewall
+or forward port 9901 (TCP) to your computer so you can receive
+incoming connections.  PPCoin works without incoming connections,
+but allowing incoming connections helps the PPCoin network.
+
+
+See the documentation/wiki at the ppcoin website:
+  http://www.ppcoin.org/
+for help and more information.
+
+
+------------------
 Bitcoin 0.6.3 BETA
 
 Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers
@@ -16,18 +53,6 @@ parties.  Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly
 with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending.
 
 
-Setup
------
-You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run bitcoin-qt. On Debian or Ubuntu:
-  sudo apt-get install libqtgui4
-
-Unpack the files into a directory and run:
- bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit)
- bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit)
- bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit)
- bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit)
-
-
 See the documentation at the bitcoin wiki:
   https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page
 for help and more information.