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-PICKLES (PHP Interface Collection of Killer Libraries to Enhance Stuff) is an
-open source framework for rapid PHP development. PICKLES aims to be an “API
-First” system for building APIs as well as AJAX/AJAJ-centric web applications.
-
-## Requirements
-
-### Required Software
-
-* Web server of your choice (nginx is highly recommended but Apache with
-  `mod_rewrite` will suffice)
-* PHP 5.4+
-
-Please note that PICKLES development is focused on the most recent stable
-version of PHP (currently 5.5) but will maintain backwards compatibility with
-the previous stable version. It may not be immediate, but when PHP 5.6 is
-released compatibility for PHP 5.4 will be dropped in favor of modern
-niceties.
-
-For anyone stuck using PHP 5.3 is welcome to use [PICKLES v13.12.x][v13.12]
-which at this time is still receiving bug fixes but will not be seeing any new
-development by myself. Pull requests are welcome.
-
-My rant about outdated server stacks can be found [on my blog][StackPost]
-
-### Optional Software
-
-* MySQL server with the `PDO_MYSQL` driver
-* PostgreSQL server with the `PDO_PGSQL` driver
-* SQLite 3 with the `PDO_SQLITE` driver
-* Memcached server with the `Memcache` module
-* `composer` if you want to compile LESS, SCSS or JS also necessary if you
-  want to use AYAH integration or run the test suite
-* [UOPZ][UPOZ] if you want to be able to run the test suite
-
-## Installation
-
-Installation is quite simple as there is no installer to run, and all server
-configuration options can be set in your index.php for your site.
-
-1. [Download the PICKLES source][MasterZip] (or clone the repository)
-2. Place the code anywhere you’d like (that’s at least 2 directories up from
-   the root of your website). I recommend using `/usr/share/pickles[-vVERSION]`
-3. Run `composer update`
-4. A site already built in PICKLES can be found [here][HolidayAPI]
-
-## TODO
-
-* Bring the project's Wiki up to date
-* Build an actual boilerplate site that would be included in this project
+Pickles f/k/a PICKLES (PHP Interface Collection of Killer Libraries to Enhance
+Stuff) is an open source framework for the rapid development of RESTful API
+systems. The intention of this framework is to allow developers to a means to
+develop service-oriented backend systems that are completely decoupled from the
+front end components. Thus allowing the freedom to build the front end
+implementation(s) using whichever tools they choose, be it Ember.js, Angular.js
+or some cool new system I’ve yet to hear of.
 
 ## Thanks
 
 Special thanks to [Geoff Oliver][GeoffOliver] for being a long time user and
-contributor of PICKLES and to [Dean Jones][DeanJones] for coming up with the
-PICKLES acronym.
+contributor, [Justin Davis][JustinDavis] for romanticizing the v2 reimagining
+and [Dean Jones][DeanJones] for helping to come up with the original PICKLES v1
+acronym.
 
-  [DeanJones]:   https://github.com/deanproxy
-  [GeoffOliver]: https://github.com/geoffoliver
-  [HolidayAPI]:  https://github.com/gravityblvd/tools.gravityblvd.com
-  [MasterZip]:   https://github.com/joshtronic/pickles/archive/master.zip
-  [StackPost]:   http://joshtronic.com/2014/01/13/your-stack-is-outdated/#.UuVzI3n0A18
-  [UPOZ]:        https://github.com/krakjoe/uopz
-  [v13.12]:      https://github.com/joshtronic/pickles/tree/13.12
+[DeanJones]:   https://github.com/deanproxy
+[GeoffOliver]: https://github.com/geoffoliver
+[JustinDavis]: http://justindavis.co
+
+[HolidayAPI]:  https://github.com/gravityblvd/tools.gravityblvd.com
+[MasterZip]:   https://github.com/joshtronic/pickles/archive/master.zip
+[StackPost]:   http://joshtronic.com/2014/01/13/your-stack-is-outdated/#.UuVzI3n0A18
+[UPOZ]:        https://github.com/krakjoe/uopz
+[v13.12]:      https://github.com/joshtronic/pickles/tree/13.12