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+ GNU Free Documentation License
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+ Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
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+
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+ Copyright
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+ c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+ http://fsf.org/
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+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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+ of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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+ 0. PREAMBLE
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+ The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other functional and
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+ useful document free in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone the effective freedom
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+ to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or non-
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+ commercially. 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 for modifications
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+ made by others.
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+ This License is a kind of “copyleft”, which means that derivative works of the document
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+ must themselves be free in the same sense. It complements the GNU General Public
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+ License, which is a copyleft license designed for free software.
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+ We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free software, because
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+ free software needs free documentation: a free program should come with manuals
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+ providing the same freedoms that the software does. But this License is not limited to
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+ software manuals; it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
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+ whether it is 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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+ 1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
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+ This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that contains a
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+ notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed under the terms
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+ of this License. Such a notice grants a world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in
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+ The “Invariant Sections” are certain Secondary Sections whose titles are designated, as
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+ titles to the list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version’s license notice. These
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+ The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License give permission
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+ 5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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+ You may combine the Document with other documents released under this License,
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+ The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and multiple identical
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+ Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single copy. If there are multiple Invariant
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+ In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled “History” in the vari-
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+ sections Entitled “Acknowledgements”, and any sections Entitled “Dedications”. You
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+ 6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
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+ You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents released
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+ You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute it individu-
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+ document, and follow this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of
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+ that document.
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+ Appendix C: GNU Free Documentation License 197
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+ 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
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+ A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate and independent
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+ documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called
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+ 8. TRANSLATION
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+ Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may distribute translations
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+ of the Document under the terms of section 4. Replacing Invariant Sections with
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+ translations requires special permission from their copyright holders, but you may
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+ include translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the original versions
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+ those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between the translation and
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+ prevail.
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+ If a section in the Document is Entitled “Acknowledgements”, “Dedications”, or “His-
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+ tory”, the requirement (section 4) to Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require
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+ changing the actual title.
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+ 9. TERMINATION
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+ You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except as expressly
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+ provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense, or
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+ distribute it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
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+ Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the licenses of parties
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+ Appendix C: GNU Free Documentation License 198
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+ 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
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+ The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of the GNU Free
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+ Documentation License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit
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+ 11. RELICENSING
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+ “Massive Multiauthor Collaboration Site” (or “MMC Site”) means any World Wide
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