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.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
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.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
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.. Documentation/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst.
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.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
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.. _fdl:
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GNU Free Documentation License
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.. _fdl-preamble:
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0. PREAMBLE
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The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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written document “free” in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone the
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effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying
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it, either commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, this License
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preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their
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work, while not being considered responsible for modifications made by
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others.
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This License is a kind of “copyleft”, which means that derivative works
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of the document must themselves be free in the same sense. It
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complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft license
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designed for free software.
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We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free
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software, because free software needs free documentation: a free program
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should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the software
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does. But this License is not limited to software manuals; it can be
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used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or whether it is
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published as a printed book. We recommend this License principally for
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works whose purpose is instruction or reference.
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.. _fdl-section1:
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1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
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.. _fdl-document:
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This License applies to any manual or other work that contains a notice
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placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed under the
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terms of this License. The “Document”, below, refers to any such manual
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or work. Any member of the public is a licensee, and is addressed as
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“you”.
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.. _fdl-modified:
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A “Modified Version” of the Document means any work containing the
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Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with
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modifications and/or translated into another language.
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.. _fdl-secondary:
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A “Secondary Section” is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
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the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` that deals exclusively with the
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relationship of the publishers or authors of the Document to the
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Document's overall subject (or to related matters) and contains nothing
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that could fall directly within that overall subject. (For example, if
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the Document is in part a textbook of mathematics, a Secondary Section
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may not explain any mathematics.) The relationship could be a matter of
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historical connection with the subject or with related matters, or of
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legal, commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position
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regarding them.
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.. _fdl-invariant:
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The “Invariant Sections” are certain
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:ref:`Secondary Sections <fdl-secondary>` whose titles are designated,
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as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice that says that the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` is released under this License.
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.. _fdl-cover-texts:
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The “Cover Texts” are certain short passages of text that are listed, as
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Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` is released under this License.
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.. _fdl-transparent:
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A “Transparent” copy of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` means a
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machine-readable copy, represented in a format whose specification is
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available to the general public, whose contents can be viewed and edited
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directly and straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images
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composed of pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some widely
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available drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to text
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formatters or for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable
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for input to text formatters. A copy made in an otherwise Transparent
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file format whose markup has been designed to thwart or discourage
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subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent. A copy that is
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not “Transparent” is called “Opaque”.
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Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain ASCII
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without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format, SGML or XML
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using a publicly available DTD, and standard-conforming simple HTML
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designed for human modification. Opaque formats include PostScript, PDF,
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proprietary formats that can be read and edited only by proprietary word
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processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or processing tools are
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not generally available, and the machine-generated HTML produced by some
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word processors for output purposes only.
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.. _fdl-title-page:
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The “Title Page” means, for a printed book, the title page itself, plus
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such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material this
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License requires to appear in the title page. For works in formats which
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do not have any title page as such, “Title Page” means the text near the
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most prominent appearance of the work's title, preceding the beginning
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of the body of the text.
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.. _fdl-section2:
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2. VERBATIM COPYING
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You may copy and distribute the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` in any
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medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that this
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License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this
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License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that
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you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may
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not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further
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copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept
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compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough
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number of copies you must also follow the conditions in
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:ref:`section 3 <fdl-section3>`.
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You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and
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you may publicly display copies.
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.. _fdl-section3:
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3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
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======================
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If you publish printed copies of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>`
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numbering more than 100, and the Document's license notice requires
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:ref:`Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`, you must enclose the copies in
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covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover Texts:
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Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on the back
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cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify you as the
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publisher of these copies. The front cover must present the full title
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with all words of the title equally prominent and visible. You may add
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other material on the covers in addition. Copying with changes limited
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to the covers, as long as they preserve the title of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` and satisfy these conditions, can be
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treated as verbatim copying in other respects.
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If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit
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legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit
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reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent
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pages.
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If you publish or distribute :ref:`Opaque <fdl-transparent>` copies of
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the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` numbering more than 100, you must
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either include a machine-readable :ref:`Transparent <fdl-transparent>`
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copy along with each Opaque copy, or state in or with each Opaque copy a
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publicly-accessible computer-network location containing a complete
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Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material, which the
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general network-using public has access to download anonymously at no
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charge using public-standard network protocols. If you use the latter
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option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you begin
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distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that this
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Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated location
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until at least one year after the last time you distribute an Opaque
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copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that edition to
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the public.
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It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` well before redistributing any large
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number of copies, to give them a chance to provide you with an updated
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version of the Document.
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.. _fdl-section4:
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4. MODIFICATIONS
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You may copy and distribute a :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`
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of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` under the conditions of sections
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:ref:`2 <fdl-section2>` and :ref:`3 <fdl-section3>` above, provided
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that you release the Modified Version under precisely this License, with
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the Modified Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing
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distribution and modification of the Modified Version to whoever
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possesses a copy of it. In addition, you must do these things in the
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Modified Version:
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- **A.**
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Use in the :ref:`Title Page <fdl-title-page>` (and on the covers,
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if any) a title distinct from that of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>`, and from those of previous versions
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(which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section of
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the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version if
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the original publisher of that version gives permission.
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- **B.**
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List on the :ref:`Title Page <fdl-title-page>`, as authors, one or
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more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the
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modifications in the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`,
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together with at least five of the principal authors of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` (all of its principal authors, if it
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has less than five).
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- **C.**
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State on the :ref:`Title Page <fdl-title-page>` the name of the
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publisher of the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`, as the
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publisher.
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- **D.**
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Preserve all the copyright notices of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>`.
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- **E.**
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Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications adjacent
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to the other copyright notices.
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- **F.**
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Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice
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giving the public permission to use the
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:ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` under the terms of this
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License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.
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- **G.**
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Preserve in that license notice the full lists of
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:ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` and required
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:ref:`Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` given in the
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:ref:`Document's <fdl-document>` license notice.
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- **H.**
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Include an unaltered copy of this License.
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- **I.**
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Preserve the section entitled “History”, and its title, and add to it
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an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and publisher
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of the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` as given on the
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:ref:`Title Page <fdl-title-page>`. If there is no section entitled
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“History” in the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>`, create one stating
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the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as given on
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its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified Version as
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stated in the previous sentence.
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- **J.**
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Preserve the network location, if any, given in the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` for public access to a
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:ref:`Transparent <fdl-transparent>` copy of the Document, and
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likewise the network locations given in the Document for previous
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versions it was based on. These may be placed in the “History”
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section. You may omit a network location for a work that was
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published at least four years before the Document itself, or if the
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original publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.
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- **K.**
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In any section entitled “Acknowledgements” or “Dedications”, preserve
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the section's title, and preserve in the section all the substance
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and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and/or
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dedications given therein.
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- **L.**
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Preserve all the :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>`, unaltered in their text and in
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their titles. Section numbers or the equivalent are not considered
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part of the section titles.
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- **M.**
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Delete any section entitled “Endorsements”. Such a section may not be
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included in the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`.
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- **N.**
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Do not retitle any existing section as “Endorsements” or to conflict
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in title with any :ref:`Invariant Section <fdl-invariant>`.
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If the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` includes new
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front-matter sections or appendices that qualify as
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:ref:`Secondary Sections <fdl-secondary>` and contain no material
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copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all
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of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the list
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of :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` in the Modified Version's
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license notice. These titles must be distinct from any other section
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titles.
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You may add a section entitled “Endorsements”, provided it contains
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nothing but endorsements of your
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:ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` by various parties--for
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example, statements of peer review or that the text has been approved by
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an organization as the authoritative definition of a standard.
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You may add a passage of up to five words as a
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:ref:`Front-Cover Text <fdl-cover-texts>`, and a passage of up to 25
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words as a :ref:`Back-Cover Text <fdl-cover-texts>`, to the end of the
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list of :ref:`Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` in the
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:ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`. Only one passage of
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Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or through
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arrangements made by) any one entity. If the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` already includes a cover text for the
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same cover, previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same
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entity you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; but you may
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replace the old one, on explicit permission from the previous publisher
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that added the old one.
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The author(s) and publisher(s) of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>`
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do not by this License give permission to use their names for publicity
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for or to assert or imply endorsement of any
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:ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`.
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.. _fdl-section5:
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5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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======================
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You may combine the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` with other
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documents released under this License, under the terms defined in
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:ref:`section 4 <fdl-section4>` above for modified versions, provided
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that you include in the combination all of the
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:ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` of all of the original
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documents, unmodified, and list them all as Invariant Sections of your
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combined work in its license notice.
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The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
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multiple identical :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` may be
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replaced with a single copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections
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with the same name but different contents, make the title of each such
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section unique by adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of
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the original author or publisher of that section if known, or else a
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unique number. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the
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list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
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In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled “History” in
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the various original documents, forming one section entitled “History”;
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likewise combine any sections entitled “Acknowledgements”, and any
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sections entitled “Dedications”. You must delete all sections entitled
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“Endorsements.”
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.. _fdl-section6:
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6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
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===========================
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You may make a collection consisting of the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` and other documents released under this
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License, and replace the individual copies of this License in the
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various documents with a single copy that is included in the collection,
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provided that you follow the rules of this License for verbatim copying
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of each of the documents in all other respects.
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You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute
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it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this
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License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all
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other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
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.. _fdl-section7:
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7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
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A compilation of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` or its derivatives
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with other separate and independent documents or works, in or on a
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volume of a storage or distribution medium, does not as a whole count as
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a :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` of the Document, provided no
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compilation copyright is claimed for the compilation. Such a compilation
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is called an “aggregate”, and this License does not apply to the other
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self-contained works thus compiled with the Document , on account of
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their being thus compiled, if they are not themselves derivative works
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of the Document. If the :ref:`Cover Text <fdl-cover-texts>`
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requirement of :ref:`section 3 <fdl-section3>` is applicable to these
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copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one quarter of
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the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on covers
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that surround only the Document within the aggregate. Otherwise they
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must appear on covers around the whole aggregate.
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.. _fdl-section8:
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8. TRANSLATION
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==============
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Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may distribute
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translations of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` under the terms of
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:ref:`section 4 <fdl-section4>`. Replacing
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:ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>` with translations requires
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special permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
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translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
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original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
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translation of this License provided that you also include the original
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English version of this License. In case of a disagreement between the
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translation and the original English version of this License, the
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original English version will prevail.
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.. _fdl-section9:
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9. TERMINATION
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==============
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You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the
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:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` except as expressly provided for under
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this License. Any other attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or
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distribute the Document is void, and will automatically terminate your
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rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or
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rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses
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terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
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.. _fdl-section10:
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10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
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====================================
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The `Free Software Foundation <http://www.gnu.org/fsf/fsf.html>`__
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may publish new, revised versions of the GNU Free Documentation License
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from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the
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present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or
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concerns. See
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`http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft>`__.
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Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. If
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the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` specifies that a particular
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numbered version of this License “or any later version” applies to it,
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you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that
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specified version or of any later version that has been published (not
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as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not
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specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version
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ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.
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.. _fdl-using:
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Addendum
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========
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To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
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the License in the document and put the following copyright and license
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notices just after the title page:
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Copyright © YEAR YOUR NAME.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation; with the :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>`
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being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the
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:ref:`Front-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` being LIST, and with
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the :ref:`Back-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` being LIST. A copy
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of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free
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Documentation License”.
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If you have no :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>`, write “with
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no Invariant Sections” instead of saying which ones are invariant. If
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you have no :ref:`Front-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`, write “no
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Front-Cover Texts” instead of “Front-Cover Texts being LIST”; likewise
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for :ref:`Back-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`.
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If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
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recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free
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software license, such as the
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`GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>`__,
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to permit their use in free software.
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