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<appendixinfo>
<releaseinfo>
Version 1.1, March 2000
</releaseinfo>
<copyright>
<year>2000</year><holder>Free Software Foundation, Inc.</holder>
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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<title>GNU Free Documentation License</title>
<sect1 id="fdl-preamble">
<title>0. PREAMBLE</title>
<para>
The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or
other written document <quote>free</quote> in the sense of
freedom: to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and
redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either
commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, this License
preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for
their work, while not being considered responsible for
modifications made by others.
</para>
<para>
This License is a kind of <quote>copyleft</quote>, which means
that derivative works of the document must themselves be free in
the same sense. It complements the GNU General Public License,
which is a copyleft license designed for free software.
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