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Version 1.2, November 2002
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Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  
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                               675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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@subheading Preamble
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The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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functional and useful document ``free'' in the sense of freedom: to
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assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
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with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.
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Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way
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to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible
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for modifications made by others.
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This License is a kind of ``copyleft'', which means that derivative
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works 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
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license 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
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program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the
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software does.  But this License is not limited to software manuals;
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it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
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@subheading 1. Applicability and definitions
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This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that
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These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
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You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a
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@subheading 5. Combining documents
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You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
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@subheading 6. Collections of documents
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You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other
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A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
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@subheading 8. Translations
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Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
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Modifications}) to Preserve its Title (section @emph{1. Applicability
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@subheading 9. Termination
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You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document
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The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of the
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