Initiate further development.

[bison.git] / README-alpha

diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha
index e076d73b84b415d22a80b012ebe4c0c53285f78b..550ca327d5b95b3de2f71bab46e6e487af3783e7 100644 (file)
--- a/README-alpha
+++ b/README-alpha
@@ -7,32 +7,24 @@ The documentation still needs more work.  Suggestions welcome.
 Patches even more welcome.
 
 Please send comments and problem reports about this test release to
-bug-bison@gnu.org.  This program will get better only if you report
+<bug-bison@gnu.org>.  This program will get better only if you report
 the problems you encounter.
 
-Please, *do not package this*, *do not distribute it* widely, it is
-not ready for full scale use.  Because it is not fully functional, if
-you distribute this package, we will be buried under bug reports from
-panicked users.  We don't have time to spend on this, and nor do the
-users.
-
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bison.
 
-GNU Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-GNU Bison is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with Bison; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.