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678e7c71 5Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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8Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
9of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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14PREAMBLE
15
16The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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17functional and useful document ``free'' in the sense of freedom: to
18assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
19with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.
20Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way
21to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible
22for modifications made by others.
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5a7f4c1b 24This License is a kind of ``copyleft,'' which means that derivative
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25works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense. It
26complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
27license designed for free software.
28
29We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free
30software, because free software needs free documentation: a free
31program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the
32software does. But this License is not limited to software manuals;
33it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
34whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License
35principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference.
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39APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
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41This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that
42contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be
43distributed under the terms of this License. Such a notice grants a
44world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration, to use that
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678e7c71 46refers to any such manual or work. Any member of the public is a
5a7f4c1b 47licensee, and is addressed as ``you.'' You accept the license if you
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51A ``Modified Version'' of the Document means any work containing the
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55A ``Secondary Section'' is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
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66The ``Invariant Sections'' are certain Secondary Sections whose titles
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74The ``Cover Texts'' are certain short passages of text that are listed,
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76the Document is released under this License. A Front-Cover Text may
77be at most 5 words, and a Back-Cover Text may be at most 25 words.
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79A ``Transparent'' copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
80represented in a format whose specification is available to the
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87format whose markup, or absence of markup, has been arranged to thwart
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93Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain
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95or XML using a publicly available DTD, and standard-conforming simple
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96HTML, PostScript or PDF designed for human modification. Examples of
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99proprietary word processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or
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101machine-generated HTML, PostScript or PDF produced by some word
102processors for output purposes only.
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104The ``Title Page'' means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
105plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material
106this License requires to appear in the title page. For works in
107formats which do not have any title page as such, ``Title Page'' means
108the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title,
109preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
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111A section ``Entitled XYZ'' means a named subunit of the Document whose
112title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following
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115``Dedications,'' ``Endorsements,'' or ``History.'') To ``Preserve the Title''
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116of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a
117section ``Entitled XYZ'' according to this definition.
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119The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which
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127VERBATIM COPYING
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129You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either
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139You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and
140you may publicly display copies.
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143COPYING IN QUANTITY
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145If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have
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149Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on
150the back cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify
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153visible. You may add other material on the covers in addition.
154Copying with changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve
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156as verbatim copying in other respects.
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160reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent
161pages.
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166a computer-network location from which the general network-using
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168a complete Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material.
169If you use the latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps,
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174edition to the public.
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176It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the
177Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to give
178them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document.
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181MODIFICATIONS
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183You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under
184the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release
185the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified
186Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution
187and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy
188of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version:
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190A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct
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192 (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section
193 of the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version
194 if the original publisher of that version gives permission.@*
195B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities
196 responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified
197 Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the
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198 Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five),
199 unless they release you from this requirement.@*
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200C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
201 Modified Version, as the publisher.@*
202D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.@*
203E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
204 adjacent to the other copyright notices.@*
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206 giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the
207 terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.@*
208G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
209 and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.@*
210H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.@*
5a7f4c1b 211I. Preserve the section Entitled ``History,'' Preserve its Title, and add
678e7c71 212 to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and
509ffb01 213 publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If
678e7c71 214 there is no section Entitled ``History'' in the Document, create one
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215 stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as
216 given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified
217 Version as stated in the previous sentence.@*
218J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for
219 public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise
220 the network locations given in the Document for previous versions
221 it was based on. These may be placed in the ``History'' section.
222 You may omit a network location for a work that was published at
223 least four years before the Document itself, or if the original
224 publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.@*
5a7f4c1b 225K. For any section Entitled ``Acknowledgements'' or ``Dedications,''
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226 Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all
227 the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
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228 and/or dedications given therein.@*
229L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
230 unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers
231 or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.@*
678e7c71 232M. Delete any section Entitled ``Endorsements.'' Such a section
509ffb01 233 may not be included in the Modified Version.@*
678e7c71 234N. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled ``Endorsements''
509ffb01 235 or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.@*
678e7c71 236O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.@*
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238If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
239appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material
240copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all
241of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the
242list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice.
243These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
244
5a7f4c1b 245You may add a section Entitled ``Endorsements,'' provided it contains
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246nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
247parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text has
248been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
249standard.
250
251You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a
252passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
253of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of
254Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or
255through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already
256includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or
257by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
258you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
259permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.
260
261The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License
262give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or
263imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
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266COMBINING DOCUMENTS
267
268You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
269License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified
270versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the
271Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and
272list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its
678e7c71 273license notice, and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers.
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275The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
276multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
277copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but
278different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
279adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original
280author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number.
281Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
282Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
283
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284In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled ``History''
285in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled
5a7f4c1b 286``History''; likewise combine any sections Entitled ``Acknowledgements,''
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287and any sections Entitled ``Dedications.'' You must delete all sections
288Entitled ``Endorsements.''
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291COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
292
293You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents
294released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this
295License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in
296the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for
297verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects.
298
299You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute
300it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this
301License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all
302other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
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305AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
306
307A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
308and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or
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309distribution medium, is called an ``aggregate'' if the copyright
310resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights
311of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit.
312When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not
313apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves
314derivative works of the Document.
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316If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
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317copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half of
318the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on
319covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the
320electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form.
321Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole
322aggregate.
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325TRANSLATION
326
327Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
328distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4.
329Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
330permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
331translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
332original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
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333translation of this License, and all the license notices in the
334Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also include
335the original English version of this License and the original versions
336of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between
337the translation and the original version of this License or a notice
338or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.
339
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340If a section in the Document is Entitled ``Acknowledgements,''
341``Dedications,'' or ``History,'' the requirement (section 4) to Preserve
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342its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual
343title.
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346TERMINATION
347
348You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except
349as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to
350copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will
351automatically terminate your rights under this License. However,
352parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this
353License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
354parties remain in full compliance.
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357FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
358
359The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions
360of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new
361versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
362differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See
363http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/.
364
365Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number.
366If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this
367License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of
368following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or
369of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the
370Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version
371number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not
372as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.
373
374@end enumerate
375
376@unnumberedsec ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
377
378To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
379the License in the document and put the following copyright and
380license notices just after the title page:
381
382@smallexample
383@group
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384Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{your name}.
385Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
678e7c71 386under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
9b60df4d 387or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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388with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
389A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
5a7f4c1b 390Free Documentation License.''
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391@end group
392@end smallexample
393
394If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts,
395replace the ``with...Texts.'' line with this:
396
397@smallexample
398@group
9b60df4d 399with the Invariant Sections being @var{list their titles}, with the
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400Front-Cover Texts being @var{list}, and with the Back-Cover Texts being
401@var{list}.
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403@end smallexample
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405If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
406combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
407situation.
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409If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
410recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
411free software license, such as the GNU General Public License,
412to permit their use in free software.
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414@ignore
415 arch-tag: c1679162-1d8a-4f02-bc52-2e71765f0165
416@end ignore