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2 @node GNU Free Documentation License |
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3 @appendixsec GNU Free Documentation License |
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5 @cindex FDL, GNU Free Documentation License |
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6 @center Version 1.2, November 2002 |
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8 @display |
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9 Copyright @copyright{} 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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10 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA |
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11 |
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12 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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13 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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14 @end display |
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15 |
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16 @enumerate 0 |
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17 @item |
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18 PREAMBLE |
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19 |
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20 The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other |
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21 functional and useful document @dfn{free} in the sense of freedom: to |
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22 assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, |
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23 with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially. |
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24 Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way |
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25 to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible |
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26 for modifications made by others. |
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27 |
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28 This License is a kind of ``copyleft'', which means that derivative |
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29 works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense. It |
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30 complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft |
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31 license designed for free software. |
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32 |
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33 We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free |
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34 software, because free software needs free documentation: a free |
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35 program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the |
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36 software does. But this License is not limited to software manuals; |
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37 it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or |
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38 whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License |
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39 principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference. |
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40 |
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41 @item |
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42 APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS |
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43 |
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44 This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that |
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45 contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be |
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46 distributed under the terms of this License. Such a notice grants a |
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47 world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration, to use that |
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48 work under the conditions stated herein. The ``Document'', below, |
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49 refers to any such manual or work. Any member of the public is a |
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50 licensee, and is addressed as ``you''. You accept the license if you |
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51 copy, modify or distribute the work in a way requiring permission |
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52 under copyright law. |
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53 |
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54 A ``Modified Version'' of the Document means any work containing the |
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55 Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with |
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56 modifications and/or translated into another language. |
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57 |
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58 A ``Secondary Section'' is a named appendix or a front-matter section |
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59 of the Document that deals exclusively with the relationship of the |
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60 publishers or authors of the Document to the Document's overall |
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61 subject (or to related matters) and contains nothing that could fall |
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62 directly within that overall subject. (Thus, if the Document is in |
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63 part a textbook of mathematics, a Secondary Section may not explain |
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64 any mathematics.) The relationship could be a matter of historical |
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65 connection with the subject or with related matters, or of legal, |
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66 commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position regarding |
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67 them. |
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68 |
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69 The ``Invariant Sections'' are certain Secondary Sections whose titles |
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70 are designated, as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice |
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71 that says that the Document is released under this License. If a |
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72 section does not fit the above definition of Secondary then it is not |
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73 allowed to be designated as Invariant. The Document may contain zero |
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74 Invariant Sections. If the Document does not identify any Invariant |
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75 Sections then there are none. |
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76 |
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77 The ``Cover Texts'' are certain short passages of text that are listed, |
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78 as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that |
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79 the Document is released under this License. A Front-Cover Text may |
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80 be at most 5 words, and a Back-Cover Text may be at most 25 words. |
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81 |
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82 A ``Transparent'' copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy, |
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83 represented in a format whose specification is available to the |
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84 general public, that is suitable for revising the document |
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85 straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images composed of |
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86 pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some widely available |
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87 drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to text formatters or |
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88 for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable for input |
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89 to text formatters. A copy made in an otherwise Transparent file |
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90 format whose markup, or absence of markup, has been arranged to thwart |
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91 or discourage subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent. |
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92 An image format is not Transparent if used for any substantial amount |
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93 of text. A copy that is not ``Transparent'' is called ``Opaque''. |
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94 |
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95 Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain |
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96 @sc{ascii} without markup, Texinfo input format, La@TeX{} input |
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97 format, @acronym{SGML} or @acronym{XML} using a publicly available |
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98 @acronym{DTD}, and standard-conforming simple @acronym{HTML}, |
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99 PostScript or @acronym{PDF} designed for human modification. Examples |
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100 of transparent image formats include @acronym{PNG}, @acronym{XCF} and |
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101 @acronym{JPG}. Opaque formats include proprietary formats that can be |
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102 read and edited only by proprietary word processors, @acronym{SGML} or |
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103 @acronym{XML} for which the @acronym{DTD} and/or processing tools are |
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104 not generally available, and the machine-generated @acronym{HTML}, |
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105 PostScript or @acronym{PDF} produced by some word processors for |
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106 output purposes only. |
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107 |
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108 The ``Title Page'' means, for a printed book, the title page itself, |
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109 plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material |
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110 this License requires to appear in the title page. For works in |
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111 formats which do not have any title page as such, ``Title Page'' means |
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112 the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title, |
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113 preceding the beginning of the body of the text. |
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114 |
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115 A section ``Entitled XYZ'' means a named subunit of the Document whose |
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116 title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following |
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117 text that translates XYZ in another language. (Here XYZ stands for a |
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118 specific section name mentioned below, such as ``Acknowledgements'', |
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119 ``Dedications'', ``Endorsements'', or ``History''.) To ``Preserve the Title'' |
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120 of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a |
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121 section ``Entitled XYZ'' according to this definition. |
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122 |
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123 The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which |
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124 states that this License applies to the Document. These Warranty |
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125 Disclaimers are considered to be included by reference in this |
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126 License, but only as regards disclaiming warranties: any other |
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127 implication that these Warranty Disclaimers may have is void and has |
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128 no effect on the meaning of this License. |
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129 |
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130 @item |
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131 VERBATIM COPYING |
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132 |
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133 You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either |
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134 commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the |
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135 copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies |
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136 to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other |
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137 conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use |
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138 technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further |
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139 copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept |
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140 compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough |
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141 number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3. |
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142 |
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143 You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and |
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144 you may publicly display copies. |
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145 |
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146 @item |
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147 COPYING IN QUANTITY |
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148 |
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149 If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have |
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150 printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and the |
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151 Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose the |
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152 copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover |
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153 Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on |
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154 the back cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify |
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155 you as the publisher of these copies. The front cover must present |
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156 the full title with all words of the title equally prominent and |
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157 visible. You may add other material on the covers in addition. |
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158 Copying with changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve |
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159 the title of the Document and satisfy these conditions, can be treated |
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160 as verbatim copying in other respects. |
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161 |
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162 If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit |
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163 legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit |
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164 reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent |
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165 pages. |
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166 |
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167 If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering |
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168 more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable Transparent |
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169 copy along with each Opaque copy, or state in or with each Opaque copy |
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170 a computer-network location from which the general network-using |
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171 public has access to download using public-standard network protocols |
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172 a complete Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material. |
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173 If you use the latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, |
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174 when you begin distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure |
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175 that this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated |
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176 location until at least one year after the last time you distribute an |
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177 Opaque copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that |
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178 edition to the public. |
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179 |
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180 It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the |
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181 Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to give |
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182 them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document. |
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183 |
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184 @item |
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185 MODIFICATIONS |
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186 |
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187 You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under |
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188 the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release |
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189 the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified |
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190 Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution |
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191 and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy |
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192 of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version: |
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193 |
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194 @enumerate A |
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195 @item |
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196 Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct |
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197 from that of the Document, and from those of previous versions |
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198 (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section |
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199 of the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version |
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200 if the original publisher of that version gives permission. |
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201 |
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202 @item |
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203 List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities |
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204 responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified |
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205 Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the |
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206 Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five), |
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207 unless they release you from this requirement. |
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208 |
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209 @item |
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210 State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the |
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211 Modified Version, as the publisher. |
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212 |
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213 @item |
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214 Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document. |
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215 |
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216 @item |
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217 Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications |
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218 adjacent to the other copyright notices. |
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219 |
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220 @item |
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221 Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice |
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222 giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the |
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223 terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below. |
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224 |
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225 @item |
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226 Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections |
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227 and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice. |
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228 |
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229 @item |
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230 Include an unaltered copy of this License. |
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231 |
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232 @item |
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233 Preserve the section Entitled ``History'', Preserve its Title, and add |
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234 to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and |
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235 publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If |
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236 there is no section Entitled ``History'' in the Document, create one |
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237 stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as |
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238 given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified |
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239 Version as stated in the previous sentence. |
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240 |
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241 @item |
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242 Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for |
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243 public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise |
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244 the network locations given in the Document for previous versions |
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245 it was based on. These may be placed in the ``History'' section. |
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246 You may omit a network location for a work that was published at |
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247 least four years before the Document itself, or if the original |
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248 publisher of the version it refers to gives permission. |
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249 |
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250 @item |
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251 For any section Entitled ``Acknowledgements'' or ``Dedications'', Preserve |
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252 the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all the |
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253 substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and/or |
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254 dedications given therein. |
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255 |
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256 @item |
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257 Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document, |
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258 unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers |
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259 or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles. |
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260 |
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261 @item |
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262 Delete any section Entitled ``Endorsements''. Such a section |
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263 may not be included in the Modified Version. |
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264 |
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265 @item |
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266 Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled ``Endorsements'' or |
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267 to conflict in title with any Invariant Section. |
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268 |
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269 @item |
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270 Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers. |
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271 @end enumerate |
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272 |
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273 If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or |
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274 appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material |
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275 copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all |
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276 of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the |
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277 list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice. |
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278 These titles must be distinct from any other section titles. |
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279 |
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280 You may add a section Entitled ``Endorsements'', provided it contains |
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281 nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various |
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282 parties---for example, statements of peer review or that the text has |
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283 been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a |
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284 standard. |
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285 |
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286 You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a |
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287 passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list |
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288 of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of |
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289 Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or |
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290 through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already |
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291 includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or |
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292 by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of, |
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293 you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit |
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294 permission from the previous publisher that added the old one. |
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295 |
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296 The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License |
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297 give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or |
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298 imply endorsement of any Modified Version. |
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299 |
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300 @item |
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301 COMBINING DOCUMENTS |
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302 |
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303 You may combine the Document with other documents released under this |
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304 License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified |
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305 versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the |
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306 Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and |
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307 list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its |
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308 license notice, and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers. |
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309 |
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310 The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and |
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311 multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single |
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312 copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but |
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313 different contents, make the title of each such section unique by |
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314 adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original |
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315 author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number. |
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316 Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of |
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317 Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work. |
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318 |
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319 In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled ``History'' |
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320 in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled |
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321 ``History''; likewise combine any sections Entitled ``Acknowledgements'', |
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322 and any sections Entitled ``Dedications''. You must delete all |
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323 sections Entitled ``Endorsements.'' |
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324 |
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325 @item |
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326 COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS |
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327 |
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328 You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents |
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329 released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this |
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330 License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in |
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331 the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for |
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332 verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects. |
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333 |
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334 You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute |
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335 it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this |
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336 License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all |
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337 other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document. |
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338 |
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339 @item |
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340 AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS |
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341 |
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342 A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate |
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343 and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or |
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344 distribution medium, is called an ``aggregate'' if the copyright |
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345 resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights |
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346 of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit. |
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347 When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not |
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348 apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves |
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349 derivative works of the Document. |
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350 |
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351 If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these |
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352 copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half of |
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353 the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on |
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354 covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the |
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355 electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form. |
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356 Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole |
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357 aggregate. |
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358 |
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359 @item |
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360 TRANSLATION |
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361 |
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362 Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may |
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363 distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4. |
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364 Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special |
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365 permission from their copyright holders, but you may include |
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366 translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the |
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367 original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a |
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368 translation of this License, and all the license notices in the |
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369 Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also include |
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370 the original English version of this License and the original versions |
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371 of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between |
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372 the translation and the original version of this License or a notice |
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373 or disclaimer, the original version will prevail. |
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374 |
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375 If a section in the Document is Entitled ``Acknowledgements'', |
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376 ``Dedications'', or ``History'', the requirement (section 4) to Preserve |
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377 its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual |
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378 title. |
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379 |
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380 @item |
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381 TERMINATION |
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382 |
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383 You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except |
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384 as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to |
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385 copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will |
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386 automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, |
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387 parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this |
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388 License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such |
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389 parties remain in full compliance. |
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390 |
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391 @item |
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392 FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE |
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393 |
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394 The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions |
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395 of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new |
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396 versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may |
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397 differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See |
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398 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/}. |
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399 |
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400 Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. |
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401 If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this |
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402 License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of |
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403 following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or |
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404 of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the |
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405 Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version |
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406 number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not |
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407 as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. |
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408 @end enumerate |
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409 |
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410 @page |
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411 @appendixsubsec ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents |
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412 |
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413 To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of |
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414 the License in the document and put the following copyright and |
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415 license notices just after the title page: |
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416 |
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417 @smallexample |
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418 @group |
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419 Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{your name}. |
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420 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
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421 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 |
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422 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; |
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423 with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover |
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424 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU |
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425 Free Documentation License''. |
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426 @end group |
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427 @end smallexample |
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428 |
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429 If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts, |
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430 replace the ``with...Texts.'' line with this: |
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431 |
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432 @smallexample |
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433 @group |
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434 with the Invariant Sections being @var{list their titles}, with |
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435 the Front-Cover Texts being @var{list}, and with the Back-Cover Texts |
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436 being @var{list}. |
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437 @end group |
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438 @end smallexample |
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439 |
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440 If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other |
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441 combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the |
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442 situation. |
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443 |
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444 If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we |
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445 recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of |
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446 free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, |
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447 to permit their use in free software. |
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448 |
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449 @c Local Variables: |
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450 @c ispell-local-pdict: "ispell-dict" |
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451 @c End: |
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452 |
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