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authorStephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>2010-10-11 14:49:26 -0700
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Introduction
============
-This is GNU Bash, version 3.2. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne
+This is GNU Bash, version 4.1. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne
Again SHell, a complete implementation of the POSIX.2 shell spec,
but also with interactive command line editing, job control on
architectures that support it, csh-like features such as history
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ See the file POSIX for a discussion of how the Bash defaults differ
from the POSIX.2 spec and a description of the Bash `posix mode'.
There are some user-visible incompatibilities between this version
-of Bash and previous widely-distributed versions, bash-1.14 and
-bash-2.05b. For details, see the file COMPAT. The NEWS file tersely
+of Bash and previous widely-distributed versions, bash-3.2 and
+bash-4.0. For details, see the file COMPAT. The NEWS file tersely
lists features that are new in this release.
-Bash is free software, distributed under the terms of the [GNU]
-General Public License, version 2. For more information, see the
-file COPYING.
+Bash is free software, distributed under the terms of the [GNU] General
+Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+version 3 of the License (or any later version). For more information,
+see the file COPYING.
A number of frequently-asked questions are answered in the file
`doc/FAQ'.
@@ -88,3 +89,8 @@ Enjoy!
Chet Ramey
chet.ramey@case.edu
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.