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       Win32 Port of the GNU Multiprecision Library 3.1.1
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This archive contains the GNU MP lib compiled as DLL using MS VC6 on a
i386 machine. To link against the DLL, simply add the gmpXX.lib file
to your link options and redistribute the gmpXX.dll and this archive
together with your application.

If you think that the DLL is broken, try downloading a new
version from the Inernet at:

	http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/gmp-3.1.1-win32-binary.zip

	or

	http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/


GNU MP SOURCE CODE
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The DLL was built by applying the accompanying patch file to the
standard GNU MP source code which can be downloaded from the Internet
at:

	http://www.swox.com/gmp/

To apply the patch, first download the source archive, unzip it to a
temporary directory and then apply the patch to the resulting source
tree in the usual way.


LICENSE
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GNU Library General Public License (LPGL), Version 2.1. See the file
COPYING.LIB for details about the license.

The Windows port (which is basically the modifications found in the
patch file for the standard GNU MP distribution) was written by
Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com). The library itself is made
publically available under the LGPL, so the patch itself falls under
the LGPL as well.

--
Marc-Andre, April 2001, mal@lemburg.com

