cvs: php4(php_4_0_4) / README.BCMATH

zeev Sat Dec 2 16:39:56 2000 EDT Modified files: /php4 README.BCMATH Log: Don't mislead people... Index: php4/README.BCMATH diff -u php4/README.BCMATH:1.1 php4/README.BCMATH:1.1.2.1 --- php4/README.BCMATH:1.1 Tue May 2 21:57:11 2000 +++ php4/README.BCMATH Sat Dec 2 16:39:56 2000 @@ -1,17 +1,6 @@ -How to install PHP with the BCMath arbitrary precision math library? --------------------------------------------------------------------- +As of PHP 4.0.4, the BC math library routines are bundled in the +standard PHP distribution. There is no need to install any additional +files. -Due to license restrictions, the BC math library can no longer be distributed -along with PHP. The BC math library is distributed under the restrictive -GNU Public License, and PHP is no longer distributed under that license, but -under a less restrictive license, the PHP License. - -If you want to enable BC math support (recommended), all you have to do is -simply download http://www.php.net/extra/number4.tar.gz, and untar it on the -top level php4 directory. - -A typical way of doing this would be (assuming that you have lynx): -cd ~/php4 -lynx -dump -source http://www.php.net/extra/number4.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar xvf - - -The PHP Group +Thanks goes to Phil Nelson, for releasing the BC math library routines +under the LGPL.