[m-rev.] diff: update binary distribution README file

[Julien Fischer]

Update the README file for the binary distribution.

bindist/bindist.README:
 	Update this file and bring it more into line with the
 	README file for the source distribution (modulo a few
 	differences regarding the lack of source files in the
 	binay distribution.

Julien.

Index: bindist/bindist.README
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RCS file: /home/mercury/mercury1/repository/mercury/bindist/bindist.README,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.15 bindist.README
--- bindist/bindist.README	7 Sep 2006 08:32:19 -0000	1.15
+++ bindist/bindist.README	4 Nov 2008 04:33:31 -0000
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
-This directory contains a binary distribution of the
-University of Melbourne Mercury compiler, version <VERSION>,
-built on a `<FULLARCH>' system.
-
-The Mercury implementation is free software, but it is Copyright (C)
-1993-2006 The University of Melbourne.  It is distributed under the
-terms of the GNU General Public License.  See the file COPYING for
-copying permission.  The Mercury library and runtime (libmer_std.* and
-libmer_rt.*) are distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General
-Public License.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying permissions for
-those files.  (If these licencing arrangements are unsatisfactory,
-please contact us!  We are willing to come to alternative arrangements,
-if the need should arise.)
-
-This distribution also contains a slightly modified version of the
-conservative garbage collector distributed by Hans Boehm, version 6.5,
-which has the following copyright attached (taken from the README file
-of the garbage collector source):
+This directory contains a binary distribution of the University of Melbourne
+Mercury compiler, version <VERSION>, built on a `<FULLARCH>' system.
+
+	The Mercury implementation is free software, but it is Copyright
+	(C) 1993-2008 The University of Melbourne.  It is distributed
+	under the terms of the GNU General Public License.  See the file
+	COPYING for copying permission.
+
+	The Mercury library and runtime (libmer_std.* and libmer_rt.*)
+	runtime subdirectories) are distributed under the terms of the
+	GNU Library General Public License.  See the file COPYING.LIB for
+	copying permissions for those files.
+
+	If those licencing arrangements are not satisfactory, please
+	contact us!  We are willing to offer alternative arrangements,
+	if the need should arise.
+
+This distribution also contains a slightly modified copy of 
+version 7.0 alpha 6 (CVS 2006-08-14) of the conservative garbage collector
+distributed by Hans Boehm:

  	Copyright 1988, 1989 Hans-J. Boehm, Alan J. Demers
-	Copyright (c) 1991-1996 by Xerox Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-        Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics.  All rights reserved.
+	Copyright (c) 1991-1995 by Xerox Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+	Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics.  All rights reserved.
+	Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

  	THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
  	EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
@@ -31,29 +34,13 @@
  	notice that the code was modified is included with the above
  	copyright notice.

-A few files (config*) in the source and binary distributions are derived
-from code that is copyright by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+A few files (config.guess, config.sub) are derived from code that is
+copyright by the Free Software Foundation, Inc, and are distributed
+under the GNU General Public License version 2.

  The files in the `samples' directory are either public domain, or
  distributed under the GNU General Public License.

-Some of the files in the `extras' subdirectory (which is now distributed
-separately in the `mercury-extras' package) have fairly restrictive
-copyright licences: 
-
-	The `Togl' library in extras/graphics/mtogl/togl.* is copyright by
-	Brian Paul and Ben Bederson; see the file
-	extras/graphics/mtogl/LICENSE.TOGL.
-
-	The Tk files in extras/graphics/mtogl/tk.* are copyright
-	by the Regents of the University of California,
-	Sun Microsystems, Inc., and other parties. 
-	See the file extras/graphics/mtogl/LICENSE.TK.
-
-	The CLP(R) v1.2 implementation in extras/clpr/clpr is copyright
-	by IBM; see the file extras/clpr/clpr/README for details, in
-	particular the RESEARCH SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER and USER AGREEMENT.
-
  THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
  EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  See the file COPYING.


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