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| author | Jonathan Perkin <jonathan.perkin@oracle.com> | 2011-02-16 14:42:44 -0800 |
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| committer | Jonathan Perkin <jonathan.perkin@oracle.com> | 2011-02-16 14:42:44 -0800 |
| commit | edcdc79e5a2d7d81efd3f7856c8f2eb28bcbc803 (patch) | |
| tree | 2eaf07310b57aefe4ef85e1e60f4266e0e04d0c2 | |
| parent | bdb4df0f266c7d7de794692f9579f4b1c8761ed1 (diff) | |
| download | mariadb-git-edcdc79e5a2d7d81efd3f7856c8f2eb28bcbc803.tar.gz | |
Updated README file.
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -3,18 +3,29 @@ MySQL Server 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.
+MySQL FOSS License Exception
+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
parties. For license and attribution notices for these
materials, please refer to the documentation that accompanies
-this distribution (see the Licenses for Third-Party Components
-appendix). A copy of the license/notices is also reproduced
-below.
+this distribution (see the "Licenses for Third-Party Components"
+appendix) or view the online documentation at
+<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/>.
GPLv2 Disclaimer
For the avoidance of doubt, except that if any license choice
@@ -38,8 +49,6 @@ Some Reference Manual sections of special interest: 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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