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Introduction
============
-This is the Gnu Readline library, version 6.2.
+This is the Gnu Readline library, version 6.3.
The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications
that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ Readline library. The texinfo files include both user and
programmer's manuals. HTML versions of the manuals appear in the
`doc' subdirectory as well.
+Usage
+=====
+
+Our position on the use of Readline through a shared-library linking
+mechanism is that there is no legal difference between shared-library
+linking and static linking--either kind of linking combines various
+modules into a single larger work. The conditions for using Readline
+in a larger work are stated in section 3 of the GNU GPL.
+
Reporting Bugs
==============