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<h1>Release Notes</h1>
<p>
  Welcome to the Embedthis Expansive&trade; installation release notes. This
  document provides release-specific information for Expansive. This package
  contains a pre-built stand-alone (binary) web server and the development
  libraries and headers needed to embed Expansive in a device or application.
</p>

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<h2>License</h2>
<p>
  This software is copyrighted and distributed under license. It is available
  under a GPLv2 open source license and an optional
  <a href="https://www.embedthis.com/licensing/index.html">commercial license</a
  >. Please read LICENSE.md for details.
</p>

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<h2>System Requirements</h2>
<p>Binary releases are supplied for the following operating systems.</p>
<ul>
  <li>Windows (x86)</li>
  <li>Mac OS X (Mavericks or later)</li>
</ul>
<p>
  The following operating systems are supported by recompiling Expansive from
  source.
</p>
<ul>
  <li>FreeBSD 10.X</li>
  <li>Linux 2.6 and later</li>
  <li>Mac OS X 10.9 and later</li>
  <li>Windows 7 and later</li>
</ul>

<h2>Build and Tool Requirements</h2>
<p>If you are building the software from source you may require:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.embedthis.com/makeme/">MakeMe</a> version 0.8.6 or
    later to build with MakeMe.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.embedthis.com/pak/">Pak</a> version 0.10.0 or later to
    install packages.
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>Development Environment Hardware Platform Support</h2>
<p>
  If you wish to build Expansive from source code, you will need to use a "C"
  compiler and associated development tools. Several development environments
  are supported. You may choose any of the following to compile and build
  samples and source code.
</p>
<ul>
  <li>Linux GNU tools</li>
  <li>Mac Xcode 6.4 and later</li>
  <li>Windows Visual Studio 2013 and later</li>
</ul>