README

The MonetDB Database System
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The MonetDB database is developed by the CWI database research group 
(see http://www.monetdb.org/).

Via the MonetDB project we have brought the MonetDB system in open source,
where it is accessible at http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/

The MonetDB database system is a high-performance database kernel for
query-intensive applications. The MonetDB kernel works together with an
SQL frontend that is in a separate CVS module.

If you got a source distribution, please compile and install MonetDB first,
following the instructions in the file 'HowToStart.rst' (for Unix)
or 'buildtools/doc/windowsbuild.rst' (for Windows).


Copyright Notice
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The contents of this file are subject to the MonetDB Public License
Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.monetdb.org/Legal/MonetDBLicense

Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
under the License.

The Original Code is the MonetDB Database System.

The Initial Developer of the Original Code is CWI.
Portions created by CWI are Copyright (C) 1997-July 2008 CWI.
Copyright August 2008-2013 MonetDB B.V.
All Rights Reserved.