MySQL Server 5.5



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 Oracle.



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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) or view the online documentation at 

<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/>.



GPLv2 Disclaimer

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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 

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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 Reference Manual sections of special interest:

- If you are migrating from an older version of MySQL, please 

  read the "Upgrading from..." section.

- 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 MySQL Change History 

  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.

Source distributions include a local copy of the manual in the

Docs directory.