Fix misleading information in the README

(Also change some HTTP URLs to HTTPS).

I think this is the minimum fix we should do ASAP to avoid [user confusion](https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker/issues/88#issuecomment-633853033), while we hash out all the questions raised in the discussion in #362.
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@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ LinkChecker
.. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.com/linkchecker/linkchecker.svg?branch=master
.. _Build Status: https://travis-ci.com/linkchecker/linkchecker
.. |License| image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL2-d49a6a.svg
.. _License: http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
.. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL2-d49a6a.svg
.. _License: https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
Check for broken links in web sites.
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ See `doc/install.txt`_ in the source code archive for general information. Excep
Python 3 or later is needed.
The version in the pip repository is old. Instead, you can use pip to install the latest release from git: ``pip install git+https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker.git@v9.4.0``. See `#4 <https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker/pull/4>`_.
The version in the pip repository is old. Instead, you can use pip to install the latest release from git: ``pip install git+https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker.git``. See `#359 <https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker/issues/359>`_.
Windows builds are seriously lagging behind the Linux releases, see `#53 <https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker/issues/53>`_ for details. For now, the only two options are to install from source or use `Docker for Windows <https://www.docker.com/docker-windows>`_.