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Re: svn commit: r1915387 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/README
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> Am 24.01.2024 um 22:33 schrieb rbowen@apache.org:
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> Author: rbowen
> Date: Wed Jan 24 21:33:30 2024
> New Revision: 1915387
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> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1915387&view=rev
> Log:
> Converts README to markdown (no textual changes) for better display on
> Github.
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> Submitted by: Mayank Patil (Mayank-2545@users.noreply.github.com)
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> Patch modified to preserve original linebreaks.
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> Github: closes #363
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> Modified:
> httpd/httpd/trunk/README
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> Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/README
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/README?rev=1915387&r1=1915386&r2=1915387&view=diff
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> --- httpd/httpd/trunk/README (original)
> +++ httpd/httpd/trunk/README Wed Jan 24 21:33:30 2024
> @@ -1,110 +1,106 @@
>
> - Apache HTTP Server
> +# Apache HTTP Server
>
> - What is it?
> - -----------
> +## What is it?
>
> - The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant
> - web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP
> - Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the
> - Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the
> - developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust,
> - commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available
> - source code.
> -
> - The Latest Version
> - ------------------
> -
> - Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP
> - server project page under https://httpd.apache.org/.
> -
> - Documentation
> - -------------
> -
> - The documentation available as of the date of this release is
> - included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most
> - up-to-date documentation can be found at
> - https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/.
> -
> - Installation
> - ------------
> -
> - Please see the file called INSTALL. Platform specific notes can be
> - found in README.platforms.
> -
> - Licensing
> - ---------
> -
> - Please see the file called LICENSE.
> -
> - Cryptographic Software Notice
> - -----------------------------
> -
> - This distribution may include software that has been designed for use
> - with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside
> - may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export
> - to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption
> - software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies
> - concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption
> - software, to see if this is permitted. See <https://www.wassenaar.org/>
> - for more information.
> -
> - The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
> - Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity
> - Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
> - software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
> - algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
> - distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
> - ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS
> - Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object
> - code and source code.
> -
> - The following provides more details on the included files that
> - may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software:
> -
> - Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under
> - modules/ssl/
> - for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted
> - network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption
> - library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific
> - SSL facilities.
> -
> - In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface
> - for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a
> - general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the
> - operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is
> - known as the apr_crypto interface, with implementation beneath the
> - /crypto directory. The apr_crypto interface is used by the
> - mod_session_crypto module available under
> - modules/session
> - for optional encryption of session information.
> -
> - Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the
> - word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the
> - OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from
> - <https://www.openssl.org/source/>.
> -
> - The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic
> - functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution.
> - Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl"
> - in the package name have been created without the above files and are
> - therefore not subject to this notice.
> -
> - Contacts
> - --------
> -
> - o If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
> - security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server
> - subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under
> - <https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce>
> -
> - o If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the
> - resources at <https://httpd.apache.org/support.html>
> -
> - o If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions
> - for bug reporting at <https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html>
> -
> - o If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please
> - subscribe to the `dev@httpd.apache.org' mailing list as described at
> - <https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev>
> +The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant
> +web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP
> +Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the
> +Internet. As a project of the Apache Software Foundation, the
> +developers aim to collaboratively develop and maintain a robust,
> +commercial-grade, standards-based server with freely available
> +source code.
> +
> +## The Latest Version
> +
> +Details of the latest version can be found on the [Apache HTTP
> +server project page](https://httpd.apache.org/).
> +
> +## Documentation
> +
> +The documentation available as of the date of this release is
> +included in HTML format in the docs/manual/ directory. The most
> +up-to-date documentation can be found at
> +[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/).
> +
> +## Installation
> +
> +Please see the file called `INSTALL`. Platform specific notes can be
> +found in `README.platforms`.
> +
> +## Licensing
> +
> +Please see the file called `LICENSE`.
> +
> +## Cryptographic Software Notice
> +
> +This distribution may include software that has been designed for use
> +with cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside
> +may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export
> +to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption
> +software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies
> +concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption
> +software, to see if this is permitted. See
> +[https://www.wassenaar.org/](https://www.wassenaar.org/)
> +for more information.
> +
> +The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
> +Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity
> +Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
> +software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
> +algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
> +distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
> +ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS
> +Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object
> +code and source code.
> +
> +The following provides more details on the included files that
> +may be subject to export controls on cryptographic software:
> +
> +Apache httpd 2.0 and later versions include the mod_ssl module under
> +`modules/ssl/`
> +for configuring and listening to connections over SSL encrypted
> +network sockets by performing calls to a general-purpose encryption
> +library, such as OpenSSL or the operating system's platform-specific
> +SSL facilities.
> +
> +In addition, some versions of apr-util provide an abstract interface
> +for symmetrical cryptographic functions that make use of a
> +general-purpose encryption library, such as OpenSSL, NSS, or the
> +operating system's platform-specific facilities. This interface is
> +known as the `apr_crypto` interface, with implementation beneath the
> +`/crypto` directory. The `apr_crypto` interface is used by the
> +`mod_session_crypto` module available under
> +`modules/session`
> +for optional encryption of session information.
> +
> +Some object code distributions of Apache httpd, indicated with the
> +word "crypto" in the package name, may include object code for the
> +OpenSSL encryption library as distributed in open source form from
> +[https://www.openssl.org/source/](https://www.openssl.org/source/).
> +
> +The above files are optional and may be removed if the cryptographic
> +functionality is not desired or needs to be excluded from redistribution.
> +Distribution packages of Apache httpd that include the word "nossl"
> +in the package name have been created without the above files and are
> +therefore not subject to this notice.
> +
> +## Contacts
> +
> + * If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
> + security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server
> + subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under
> + [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-announce)
> +
> + * If you want freely available support for running Apache please see the
> + resources at
> + [https://httpd.apache.org/support.html](https://httpd.apache.org/support.html)
> +
> + * If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please see the instructions
> + for bug reporting at
> + [https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html](https://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html)
> +
> + * If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please
> + subscribe to the `dev@httpd.apache.org` mailing list as described at
> + [https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev](https://httpd.apache.org/lists.html#http-dev)
>
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