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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
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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/>.

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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.