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Apache
Version 1.3 (and up)
What is it?
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Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for
the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in
the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new
features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet
users' needs more easily.
The Latest Version
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Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP
server project page under http://httpd.apache.org/.
Documentation
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The documentation available as of the date of this release is
also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory.
For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/.
Installation
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From Apache version 1.3 and up you have two possibilities to
build and install the Apache package: The old commonly known
but manual way from Apache 1.2 and below and the new
out-of-the-box way through the new Apache Autoconf-style
Interface (APACI). For detailed instructions see the file
INSTALL in this directory.
Licensing
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Please see the file called LICENSE.
Acknowledgments
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We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that
make up portions of the Apache software:
Portions of this software were developed at the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security
Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various
modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and
Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore).
This package contains a modified version of software written and
copyrighted by Henry Spencer. Please see the file called
src/regex/COPYRIGHT.
The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group
by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/).