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