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This is a release of MySQL, a dual-license SQL database server.
MySQL is brought to you by the MySQL team at Sun Microsystems, Inc.

License information 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, Sun
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.

For further information about MySQL or additional documentation, see:
- The latest information about MySQL: http://www.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.

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IMPORTANT:

Bug or error reports should be sent to http://bugs.mysql.com.