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This is a release of MariaDB, a branch of MySQL.
This is a release of MariaDB.
MariaDB is a drop-in replacement of MySQL, with more features, less
bugs and better performance.
MariaDB is designed as a drop-in replacement of MySQL(R) with more
features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance.
MariaDB is brought to you by many of the original developers of MySQL,
that now work for Monty Program Ab, and by many people in the
MariaDB is brought to you by many of the original developers of MySQL
who now work for Monty Program Ab, and by many people in the
community.
MySQL, which is the base of MariaDB, is brought to you by Sun.
MySQL, which is the base of MariaDB, is a product and trademark of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. For a list of developers and other contributors,
see the Credits appendix. You can also do 'SHOW authors' to get a
list of active contributors.
License information can be found in these files:
- For GPL (free) distributions, see the COPYING file and
the EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT file.
A description of the MariaDB project can be found at:
A description of the MariaDB project and a manual can be found at:
http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB
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.
The differences between MariaDB and MySQL can be found at:
http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB_versus_MySQL
http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/Manual:Contents
Documentation about MySQL can be found at:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc
As MariaDB is a full replacement of MySQL, the MySQL manual at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc is generally applicable.
For further information about MySQL documentation, see:
- The current MySQL documentation:
More help is available from the Maria Discuss mailing list
https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss
and the #maria IRC channel on Freenode.
Some manual sections of special interest:
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NOTE:
MariaDB is specifically available only under version 2 of the GNU
General Public License (GPLv2). (I.e. Without the "any later version"
clause.) This is inherited from MySQL. Please see the README file in
the MySQL distribution for more information.
- For a list of developers and other contributors, see the Credits
appendix.
License information can be found in the COPYING file and the
EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT file.
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 from
http://dev.mysql.com/doc
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IMPORTANT:
Bug or error reports regarding MariaDB should be sent to
Bug and/or error reports regarding MariaDB should be submitted at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria
Bugs in the MySQL code can also be sent to http://bugs.mysql.com
Bugs in the MySQL code can also be submitted at http://bugs.mysql.com
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%%The following software may be included in this product:
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