Fill in more details in the README

Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>

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 XEvIE - X Event Interception Extension
 
-XEvIE is a X extension providing functionalities to allow users
-intercept keyboard/mouse events.
+Extension name: XEVIE
+
+XEvIE is a X extension providing functionalities to allow a client to
+intercept keyboard/mouse events, and optionally modify them or consume
+them before delivery through the normal event delivery mechanisms.
 
 It was included in X11R6.8 through Xorg server 1.5, but is no
 longer supported in current X server releases (and didn't actually
-work in the last releases that did include it).
+work in the last releases that did include it, nor was it ever enabled
+by default in the releases made by X.Org, though some distros may have
+enabled it in their builds/packages).
 
-Extension name: XEVIE
+No formal specification of the protocol was ever written, but it can
+be mostly determined from the evieproto.h header and the libXevie
+documentation of the functions that directly map to the protocol requests.
+
+A version 1.1 was proposed to solve several issues around security and
+multi-client access, but never implemented.
 
 All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
 Xorg mailing list: