Commit edcdc79e authored by Jonathan Perkin's avatar Jonathan Perkin

Updated README file.

parent bdb4df0f
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This is a release of MySQL, a dual-license SQL database server.
For the avoidance of doubt, this particular copy of the software
is released under the version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
MySQL is brought to you by the MySQL team at Oracle.
MySQL is brought to you by Oracle.
Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
License information can be found in the COPYING file.
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We want free and open source software applications under certain
licenses to be able to use specified GPL-licensed MySQL client
libraries despite the fact that not all such FOSS licenses are
compatible with version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
Therefore there are special exceptions to the terms and conditions
of the GPLv2 as applied to these client libraries, which are
identified and described in more detail in the FOSS License
Exception at
<http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html>.
This distribution may include materials developed by third
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<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/>.
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For the avoidance of doubt, except that if any license choice
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chapter.
- For the new features/bugfix history, see the MySQL Change History
appendix.
- For currently known bugs, see the Errors and Common Problems
appendix.
You can browse the MySQL Reference Manual online or download it
in any of several formats at the URL given earlier in this file.
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