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2 GNU Free Documentation License
3 Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
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5
6 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 <http://fsf.org/>
8 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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10
11 0. PREAMBLE
12
13 The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
14 functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to
15 assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
16 with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.
17 Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way
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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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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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30 it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
31 whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License
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34
35 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
36
37 This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that
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62 The "Invariant Sections" are certain Secondary Sections whose titles
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70 The "Cover Texts" are certain short passages of text that are listed,
71 as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that
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75 A "Transparent" copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
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99 The "Title Page" means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
100 plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material
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124 2. VERBATIM COPYING
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140 3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
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142 If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have
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179 4. MODIFICATIONS
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181 You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under
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194 responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified
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198 C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
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206 G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
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208 H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
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211 publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If
212 there is no section Entitled "History" in the Document, create one
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214 given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified
215 Version as stated in the previous sentence.
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222 publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.
223 K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications",
224 Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all
225 the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
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228 unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers
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230 M. Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements". Such a section
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233 or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.
234 O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
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236 If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
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240 list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice.
241 These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
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244 nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
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246 been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
247 standard.
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250 passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
251 of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of
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253 through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already
254 includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or
255 by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
256 you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
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264 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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276 different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
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279 Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
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282 In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled "History"
283 in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled
284 "History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled "Acknowledgements",
285 and any sections Entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections
286 Entitled "Endorsements".
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288
289 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
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305 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
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307 A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
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324
325 8. TRANSLATION
326
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342 its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual
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424 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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