README
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This distribution of CGAL includes:

   AUTHORS            - file recording the current and former authors of CGAL
   auxiliary/         - directory containing miscellaneous things, currently
                        only the icons needed for the demos on MacOSX.
   CHANGES            - file recording the history of changes for the library
   config/            - directory containing several test programs used during
                        the installation process, and into which configuration
                        files will be written during installation
   demo/              - a directory containing many demo programs for the
                        library's various packages.  These programs produce
                        visual output.  Thus, for most you must have Qt installed.
                        Other programs require geomview (www.geomview.org).
                        Makefiles are provided for all programs and project
                        files for MSVC IDE are provided.
   examples/          - a directory containing programs illustrating the
                        library's functionality.  These programs do not produce
                        visual output.
                        Makefiles and project files for the MSVC IDE
                        (experimental) are provided for all programs.
   include/CGAL       - the include files for the CGAL library (and other small
                        external libraries as well, see the LICENSE file)
   install_cgal       - the script with which you can install CGAL
   INSTALL            - file containing information about the installation
                        process on Unix-like platforms
   INSTALL.MacOSX     - file containine information about the installation
                        process on the MacOSX platform
   INSTALL.win32      - file containing information about the installation
                        process on the Windows platform
   lib/               - directory in which the CGAL libraries will be installed
   LICENSE            - A file describing the license of CGAL
   LICENSE.FREE_USE   - A file containing the free use license (see LICENSE file)
   LICENSE.LGPL       - A file containing the LGPL v2.1 license
   LICENSE.QPL        - A file containing the QPL v1.0 license
   make/              - directory containing CGAL include makefiles, which
                        are generated during installation
   README             - this file
   scripts/           - directory containing some useful scripts for CGAL
                        programmers
   src/               - the source code for building the CGAL libraries
                        (as well as some external libraries, see the LICENSE file)
   VERSION            - the version number of this release

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