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  1. @c -*-texinfo-*-
  2. @node License
  3. @appendix The GNU Free Documentation License.
  4. @center Version 1.2, November 2002
  5. @c This file is intended to be included within another document,
  6. @c hence no sectioning command or @node.
  7. @display
  8. Copyright @copyright{} 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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  10. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  11. of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  12. @end display
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  14. @item
  15. PREAMBLE
  16. The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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  27. We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free
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  31. it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
  32. whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License
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  34. @item
  35. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
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  113. VERBATIM COPYING
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  126. COPYING IN QUANTITY
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  158. @item
  159. MODIFICATIONS
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  166. @enumerate A
  167. @item
  168. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct
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  170. (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section
  171. of the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version
  172. if the original publisher of that version gives permission.
  173. @item
  174. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities
  175. responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified
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  178. unless they release you from this requirement.
  179. @item
  180. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
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  182. @item
  183. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.
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  185. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
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  190. terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.
  191. @item
  192. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
  193. and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.
  194. @item
  195. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
  196. @item
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  200. there is no section Entitled ``History'' in the Document, create one
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  204. @item
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  212. @item
  213. For any section Entitled ``Acknowledgements'' or ``Dedications'', Preserve
  214. the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all the
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  216. dedications given therein.
  217. @item
  218. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
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  220. or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.
  221. @item
  222. Delete any section Entitled ``Endorsements''. Such a section
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  225. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled ``Endorsements'' or
  226. to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.
  227. @item
  228. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
  229. @end enumerate
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  235. These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
  236. You may add a section Entitled ``Endorsements'', provided it contains
  237. nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
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  239. been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
  240. standard.
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  242. passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
  243. of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of
  244. Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or
  245. through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already
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  247. by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
  248. you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
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  250. The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License
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  252. imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
  253. @item
  254. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
  255. You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
  256. License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified
  257. versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the
  258. Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and
  259. list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its
  260. license notice, and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers.
  261. The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
  262. multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
  263. copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but
  264. different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
  265. adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original
  266. author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number.
  267. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
  268. Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
  269. In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled ``History''
  270. in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled
  271. ``History''; likewise combine any sections Entitled ``Acknowledgements'',
  272. and any sections Entitled ``Dedications''. You must delete all
  273. sections Entitled ``Endorsements.''
  274. @item
  275. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
  276. You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents
  277. released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this
  278. License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in
  279. the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for
  280. verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects.
  281. You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute
  282. it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this
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  284. other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
  285. @item
  286. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
  287. A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
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  289. distribution medium, is called an ``aggregate'' if the copyright
  290. resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights
  291. of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit.
  292. When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not
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  295. If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
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  297. the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on
  298. covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the
  299. electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form.
  300. Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole
  301. aggregate.
  302. @item
  303. TRANSLATION
  304. Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
  305. distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4.
  306. Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
  307. permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
  308. translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
  309. original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
  310. translation of this License, and all the license notices in the
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  312. the original English version of this License and the original versions
  313. of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between
  314. the translation and the original version of this License or a notice
  315. or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.
  316. If a section in the Document is Entitled ``Acknowledgements'',
  317. ``Dedications'', or ``History'', the requirement (section 4) to Preserve
  318. its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual
  319. title.
  320. @item
  321. TERMINATION
  322. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except
  323. as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to
  324. copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will
  325. automatically terminate your rights under this License. However,
  326. parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this
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  328. parties remain in full compliance.
  329. @item
  330. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
  331. The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions
  332. of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new
  333. versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
  334. differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See
  335. @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/}.
  336. Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number.
  337. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this
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  339. following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or
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  341. Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version
  342. number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not
  343. as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.
  344. @end enumerate
  345. @unnumberedsec ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
  346. To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
  347. the License in the document and put the following copyright and
  348. license notices just after the title page:
  349. @smallexample
  350. @group
  351. Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{your name}.
  352. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
  353. under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
  354. or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
  355. with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
  356. Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
  357. Free Documentation License''.
  358. @end group
  359. @end smallexample
  360. If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts,
  361. replace the ``with@dots{}Texts.'' line with this:
  362. @smallexample
  363. @group
  364. with the Invariant Sections being @var{list their titles}, with
  365. the Front-Cover Texts being @var{list}, and with the Back-Cover Texts
  366. being @var{list}.
  367. @end group
  368. @end smallexample
  369. If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
  370. combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
  371. situation.
  372. If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
  373. recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
  374. free software license, such as the GNU General Public License,
  375. to permit their use in free software.
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