From 91cfcb8a655b98f95ca18151a12ebaf8d9e83b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joerg Bruehe Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:45:11 +0100 Subject: Update "README" (the list of contributed software and their licenses) by adding the header part "This is MySQL ...". --- README | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 2d612bbdab6..e1a4a88c6f5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,58 @@ -DO NOT TRANSLATE OR LOCALIZE - -*************************************************************************** +This is a release of MySQL, a dual-license SQL database server. +MySQL is brought to you by the MySQL team at Oracle Corporation. + +************************************************************ +LICENSE +************************************************************ +License information and use restrictions of this software can +be found in these files: +- For GPL (free) distributions, see the COPYING file and + the EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT file. +- For commercial distributions, see the LICENSE.mysql file. + +GPLv2 Disclaimer +For the avoidance of doubt, except that if any license choice +other than GPL or LGPL is available it will apply instead, Oracle +elects to use only the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) +at this time for any software where a choice of GPL license versions +is made available with the language indicating that GPLv2 or any +later version may be used, or where a choice of which version of +the GPL is applied is otherwise unspecified. + +************************************************************ +FURTHER INFORMATION +************************************************************ +For further information about MySQL or additional documentation, see: +- The latest information about MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/ +- The current MySQL documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ + +Some manual sections of special interest: +- If you are migrating from an older version of MySQL, please read +the "Upgrading from..." section first! +- To see what MySQL can do, take a look at the features section. +- For installation instructions, see the Installing and Upgrading +chapter. +- For the new features/bugfix history, see the Change History appendix. +- For the currently known bugs/misfeatures (known errors) see the +Problems and Common Errors appendix. +- For a list of developers and other contributors, see the Credits +appendix. + +A local copy of the MySQL Reference Manual can be found in the Docs +directory in GNU Info format. You can also browse the manual online or +download it in any of several formats at the URL given earlier in this +file. + +************************************************************ +IMPORTANT: + +Bug or error reports should be sent to http://bugs.mysql.com. +************************************************************ + + +************************************************************ +THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE +************************************************************ %%The following software may be included in this product: FindGTest.cmake (part of CMake 2.8.0) -- cgit v1.2.1