Adding a basic .gitignore to avoid Mac OS X Finder files for a start.
Adding the most recent version of MLWorks as checked out from RCS from the Hope server files received from Xanalys, processed by <http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/mlworks/import/2013-04-25/xanalys-tarball/hope.py> into a plausible project tree.
Adding some basic project background and a warning about this repo's temporary nature.
Adding BSD 2-clause open source license.