Added backticks to prevent Markdown from interpreting the *s as emphasis.
Added rules for Make to install and uninstall an init script (for Debian/Ubuntu).
WIP First attempt at an initscript, which is not appropriate because it runs in the foreground.
Commented out the do_reload function since it is not implemented.
Daemon now starts fine by passing --background.
Tweaked the 'do_stop' so the initscript exits promptly.

Alternative solutions are to skip the second start-stop-daemon, or
reduce its timeouts.