Imported from ../bash-4.0-rc1.tar.gz.

[platform/upstream/bash.git] / README

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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Introduction
 ============
 
-This is GNU Bash, version 3.2.  Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne
+This is GNU Bash, version 4.0.  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-2.05b and
+bash-3.2.  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'.