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Copyrights: Add MIT License Header To More Files 
- Makefile: extend copyright check test to scan all files with YAML
  headers

    - Exclude alerts from check -- lack of a license shouldn't prevent
      us from publishing emergency information

    - Also add license to Makefile itself

- Fix all errors caught by new test

    - For release notes, also link to github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
      repository as origin

        - Also update README.md release instructions to include license
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0.6.2 2012-05-08 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.2 released

Bitcoin-Qt version 0.6.2 is now available for download at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.6.2/

This is a bug-fix and code-cleanup release, with no major new features.

NOTABLE CHANGES

Much faster shutdowns. However, the blkindex.dat file is no longer portable to different data directories by default. If you need a portable blkindex.dat file then run with the new -detachdb=1 option or the "Detach databases at shutdown" GUI preference.

Fixed https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/1065, a bug that could cause long-running nodes to crash.

Mac and Windows binaries are compiled against OpenSSL 1.0.1b (Linux binaries are dynamically linked to the version of OpenSSL on the system).

CHANGE SUMMARY

Use git shortlog --no-merges v0.6.0.. for a summary of this release.

Source codebase changes:

  • Many source code cleanups and warnings fixes. Close to building with -Wall
  • Locking overhaul, and several minor locking fixes
  • Several source code portability fixes, e.g. FreeBSD

JSON-RPC interface changes:

  • addmultisigaddress enabled for mainnet (previously only enabled for testnet)

Network protocol changes:

  • protocol version 60001
  • added nonce value to "ping" message (BIP 31)
  • added new "pong" message (BIP 31)

Backend storage changes:

  • Less redundant database flushing, especially during initial block download
  • Shutdown improvements (see above)

Qt user interface:

  • minor URI handling improvements
  • progressbar improvements
  • error handling improvements (show message box rather than console exception, etc.)
  • by popular request, make 4th bar of connection icon green

Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:

  • Chris Moore
  • Dwayne C. Litzenberger
  • Gavin Andresen
  • Jeff Garzik
  • Luke Dashjr
  • Matt Corallo
  • Philip Kaufmann
  • Pieter Wuille
  • R E Broadley
  • Timothy Redaelli
  • Wladimir J. van der Laan
  • cardpuncher
  • freewil
  • graingert
  • sje397