Merge branch 'fix_documentation' into 'master'

Update README

Moving README to README.md and updating formatting.

See merge request !1

README → README.md

-** -*- text -*- *************************************************************
-**
-** README and installation instructions for IceT
-**
-** Author: Kenneth Moreland (kmorel@sandia.gov)
-**
-** Copyright 2003 Sandia Coporation
-** Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation,
-** the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
-**
-** This source code is released under the New BSD License.
-**
-*****************************************************************************
+> *****************************************************************************
+>
+> README and installation instructions for IceT
+>
+> Author: Kenneth Moreland (kmorel@sandia.gov)
+>
+> Copyright 2003 Sandia Coporation
+>
+> Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation,
+> the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+>
+> This source code is released under the [New BSD License](bsd).
+>
+> *****************************************************************************
 
-Welcome to the IceT build process.  IceT uses CMake to automatically
+Welcome to the IceT build process.  IceT uses [CMake](cmake) to automatically
 tailor itself to your system, so compiling should be relatively painless.
 Before building IceT you will need to install CMake on your system.  You
-can get CMake from www.cmake.org.
+can get CMake from [here](cmake-download).
 
 Once CMake is installed and the IceT source is extracted, run the
-interactive CMake configuration tool.  On UNIX, run ccmake.  On Win32, run
+interactive CMake configuration tool.  On UNIX, run `ccmake`.  On Win32, run
 the CMake program on the desktop or in the start menu.  Note that when
-using the interactive configuration tool, you will need to ``configure''
+using the interactive configuration tool, you will need to *configure*
 several times before you can generate the build files.  This is because as
 more information is retrieved, futher options are revealed.
 
 After CMake generates build files, compile the applications as applicable
 for your system.
 
-
-IceT is released under the New BSD License.  Any contributions to IceT will
+IceT is released under the [New BSD License](bsd).  Any contributions to IceT will
 also be considered to fall under this license, and it is the responsibility
 of the authors to secure the necessary permissions before contributing.
+
+[bsd]: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+[cmake]: http://www.cmake.org/
+[cmake-download]: http://www.cmake.org/download/