\ProvidesFile{README.tex}[2011/02/24 make README.pdf]
\listfiles

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\vspace*{-3\baselineskip}           %% 3 2011/02/24
\enlargethispage{2\baselineskip}
% \small                            %% 2011/02/14
\verbatiminput{README.txt}
\end{document}