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+Math Caption Addon
+==================
+
+This addon for [Friendica](https://friendi.ca) adds a small mathematical task to the registration form.
+If this task was not solved correctly, the the registration process fails.
+
+The task is randomly created combining two numbers between 1 and 10 with the addition, subtraction and multiplication operations.
+
+* Author: Tobias Diekershoff
+* License: MIT
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+On the server running your Friendica change into your addon directory and clone this git repository.
+You should then have all the needed files in the
+
+    /addon/mathcaptcha
+
+directory of your Friendica installation.
+Afterwards enable the addon in the admin panel as usual.
+
+Translations
+------------
+
+You can translate this addon by translating the strings in the `lang/C/messages.po` file and copy the resulting `messages.po` to the `lang/LNG_CODE` directory of your language..
+To generate the needed `strings.php` file for your language, use the tools [Friendica supplies](https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica/src/branch/develop/doc/translations.md).