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1 | @node GNU Free Documentation License |
2 | @appendixsec GNU Free Documentation License | |
3 | ||
4 | @cindex FDL, GNU Free Documentation License | |
5 | @center Version 1.1, March 2000 | |
6 | ||
7 | @display | |
8 | Copyright @copyright{} 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
9 | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA | |
10 | ||
11 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies | |
12 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. | |
13 | @end display | |
14 | ||
15 | @enumerate 0 | |
16 | @item | |
17 | PREAMBLE | |
18 | ||
19 | The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other | |
20 | written document @dfn{free} in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone | |
21 | the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without | |
22 | modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, | |
23 | this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get | |
24 | credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for | |
25 | modifications made by others. | |
26 | ||
27 | This License is a kind of ``copyleft'', which means that derivative | |
28 | works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense. It | |
29 | complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft | |
30 | license designed for free software. | |
31 | ||
32 | We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free | |
33 | software, because free software needs free documentation: a free | |
34 | program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the | |
35 | software does. But this License is not limited to software manuals; | |
36 | it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or | |
37 | whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License | |
38 | principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference. | |
39 | ||
40 | @item | |
41 | APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS | |
42 | ||
43 | This License applies to any manual or other work that contains a | |
44 | notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed | |
45 | under the terms of this License. The ``Document'', below, refers to any | |
46 | such manual or work. Any member of the public is a licensee, and is | |
47 | addressed as ``you''. | |
48 | ||
49 | A ``Modified Version'' of the Document means any work containing the | |
50 | Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with | |
51 | modifications and/or translated into another language. | |
52 | ||
53 | A ``Secondary Section'' is a named appendix or a front-matter section of | |
54 | the Document that deals exclusively with the relationship of the | |
55 | publishers or authors of the Document to the Document's overall subject | |
56 | (or to related matters) and contains nothing that could fall directly | |
57 | within that overall subject. (For example, if the Document is in part a | |
58 | textbook of mathematics, a Secondary Section may not explain any | |
59 | mathematics.) The relationship could be a matter of historical | |
60 | connection with the subject or with related matters, or of legal, | |
61 | commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position regarding | |
62 | them. | |
63 | ||
64 | The ``Invariant Sections'' are certain Secondary Sections whose titles | |
65 | are designated, as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice | |
66 | that says that the Document is released under this License. | |
67 | ||
68 | The ``Cover Texts'' are certain short passages of text that are listed, | |
69 | as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that | |
70 | the Document is released under this License. | |
71 | ||
72 | A ``Transparent'' copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy, | |
73 | represented in a format whose specification is available to the | |
74 | general public, whose contents can be viewed and edited directly and | |
75 | straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images composed of | |
76 | pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some widely available | |
77 | drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to text formatters or | |
78 | for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable for input | |
79 | to text formatters. A copy made in an otherwise Transparent file | |
80 | format whose markup has been designed to thwart or discourage | |
81 | subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent. A copy that is | |
82 | not ``Transparent'' is called ``Opaque''. | |
83 | ||
84 | Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain | |
85 | @sc{ascii} without markup, Texinfo input format, La@TeX{} input format, | |
86 | @acronym{SGML} or @acronym{XML} using a publicly available | |
87 | @acronym{DTD}, and standard-conforming simple @acronym{HTML} designed | |
88 | for human modification. Opaque formats include PostScript, | |
89 | @acronym{PDF}, proprietary formats that can be read and edited only by | |
90 | proprietary word processors, @acronym{SGML} or @acronym{XML} for which | |
91 | the @acronym{DTD} and/or processing tools are not generally available, | |
92 | and the machine-generated @acronym{HTML} produced by some word | |
93 | processors for output purposes only. | |
94 | ||
95 | The ``Title Page'' means, for a printed book, the title page itself, | |
96 | plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material | |
97 | this License requires to appear in the title page. For works in | |
98 | formats which do not have any title page as such, ``Title Page'' means | |
99 | the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title, | |
100 | preceding the beginning of the body of the text. | |
101 | ||
102 | @item | |
103 | VERBATIM COPYING | |
104 | ||
105 | You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either | |
106 | commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the | |
107 | copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies | |
108 | to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other | |
109 | conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use | |
110 | technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further | |
111 | copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept | |
112 | compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough | |
113 | number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3. | |
114 | ||
115 | You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and | |
116 | you may publicly display copies. | |
117 | ||
118 | @item | |
119 | COPYING IN QUANTITY | |
120 | ||
121 | If you publish printed copies of the Document numbering more than 100, | |
122 | and the Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose | |
123 | the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover | |
124 | Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on | |
125 | the back cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify | |
126 | you as the publisher of these copies. The front cover must present | |
127 | the full title with all words of the title equally prominent and | |
128 | visible. You may add other material on the covers in addition. | |
129 | Copying with changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve | |
130 | the title of the Document and satisfy these conditions, can be treated | |
131 | as verbatim copying in other respects. | |
132 | ||
133 | If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit | |
134 | legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit | |
135 | reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent | |
136 | pages. | |
137 | ||
138 | If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering | |
139 | more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable Transparent | |
140 | copy along with each Opaque copy, or state in or with each Opaque copy | |
141 | a publicly-accessible computer-network location containing a complete | |
142 | Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material, which the | |
143 | general network-using public has access to download anonymously at no | |
144 | charge using public-standard network protocols. If you use the latter | |
145 | option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you begin | |
146 | distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that this | |
147 | Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated location | |
148 | until at least one year after the last time you distribute an Opaque | |
149 | copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that edition to | |
150 | the public. | |
151 | ||
152 | It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the | |
153 | Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to give | |
154 | them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document. | |
155 | ||
156 | @item | |
157 | MODIFICATIONS | |
158 | ||
159 | You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under | |
160 | the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release | |
161 | the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified | |
162 | Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution | |
163 | and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy | |
164 | of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version: | |
165 | ||
166 | @enumerate A | |
167 | @item | |
168 | Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct | |
169 | from that of the Document, and from those of previous versions | |
170 | (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section | |
171 | of the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version | |
172 | if the original publisher of that version gives permission. | |
173 | ||
174 | @item | |
175 | List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities | |
176 | responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified | |
177 | Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the | |
178 | Document (all of its principal authors, if it has less than five). | |
179 | ||
180 | @item | |
181 | State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the | |
182 | Modified Version, as the publisher. | |
183 | ||
184 | @item | |
185 | Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document. | |
186 | ||
187 | @item | |
188 | Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications | |
189 | adjacent to the other copyright notices. | |
190 | ||
191 | @item | |
192 | Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice | |
193 | giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the | |
194 | terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below. | |
195 | ||
196 | @item | |
197 | Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections | |
198 | and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice. | |
199 | ||
200 | @item | |
201 | Include an unaltered copy of this License. | |
202 | ||
203 | @item | |
204 | Preserve the section entitled ``History'', and its title, and add to | |
205 | it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and | |
206 | publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If | |
207 | there is no section entitled ``History'' in the Document, create one | |
208 | stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as | |
209 | given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified | |
210 | Version as stated in the previous sentence. | |
211 | ||
212 | @item | |
213 | Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for | |
214 | public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise | |
215 | the network locations given in the Document for previous versions | |
216 | it was based on. These may be placed in the ``History'' section. | |
217 | You may omit a network location for a work that was published at | |
218 | least four years before the Document itself, or if the original | |
219 | publisher of the version it refers to gives permission. | |
220 | ||
221 | @item | |
222 | In any section entitled ``Acknowledgments'' or ``Dedications'', | |
223 | preserve the section's title, and preserve in the section all the | |
224 | substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgments | |
225 | and/or dedications given therein. | |
226 | ||
227 | @item | |
228 | Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document, | |
229 | unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers | |
230 | or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles. | |
231 | ||
232 | @item | |
233 | Delete any section entitled ``Endorsements''. Such a section | |
234 | may not be included in the Modified Version. | |
235 | ||
236 | @item | |
237 | Do not retitle any existing section as ``Endorsements'' | |
238 | or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section. | |
239 | @end enumerate | |
240 | ||
241 | If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or | |
242 | appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material | |
243 | copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all | |
244 | of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the | |
245 | list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice. | |
246 | These titles must be distinct from any other section titles. | |
247 | ||
248 | You may add a section entitled ``Endorsements'', provided it contains | |
249 | nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various | |
250 | parties---for example, statements of peer review or that the text has | |
251 | been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a | |
252 | standard. | |
253 | ||
254 | You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a | |
255 | passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list | |
256 | of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of | |
257 | Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or | |
258 | through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already | |
259 | includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or | |
260 | by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of, | |
261 | you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit | |
262 | permission from the previous publisher that added the old one. | |
263 | ||
264 | The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License | |
265 | give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or | |
266 | imply endorsement of any Modified Version. | |
267 | ||
268 | @item | |
269 | COMBINING DOCUMENTS | |
270 | ||
271 | You may combine the Document with other documents released under this | |
272 | License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified | |
273 | versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the | |
274 | Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and | |
275 | list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its | |
276 | license notice. | |
277 | ||
278 | The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and | |
279 | multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single | |
280 | copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but | |
281 | different contents, make the title of each such section unique by | |
282 | adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original | |
283 | author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number. | |
284 | Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of | |
285 | Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work. | |
286 | ||
287 | In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled ``History'' | |
288 | in the various original documents, forming one section entitled | |
289 | ``History''; likewise combine any sections entitled ``Acknowledgments'', | |
290 | and any sections entitled ``Dedications''. You must delete all sections | |
291 | entitled ``Endorsements.'' | |
292 | ||
293 | @item | |
294 | COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS | |
295 | ||
296 | You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents | |
297 | released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this | |
298 | License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in | |
299 | the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for | |
300 | verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects. | |
301 | ||
302 | You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute | |
303 | it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this | |
304 | License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all | |
305 | other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document. | |
306 | ||
307 | @item | |
308 | AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS | |
309 | ||
310 | A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate | |
311 | and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or | |
312 | distribution medium, does not as a whole count as a Modified Version | |
313 | of the Document, provided no compilation copyright is claimed for the | |
314 | compilation. Such a compilation is called an ``aggregate'', and this | |
315 | License does not apply to the other self-contained works thus compiled | |
316 | with the Document, on account of their being thus compiled, if they | |
317 | are not themselves derivative works of the Document. | |
318 | ||
319 | If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these | |
320 | copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one quarter | |
321 | of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on | |
322 | covers that surround only the Document within the aggregate. | |
323 | Otherwise they must appear on covers around the whole aggregate. | |
324 | ||
325 | @item | |
326 | TRANSLATION | |
327 | ||
328 | Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may | |
329 | distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4. | |
330 | Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special | |
331 | permission from their copyright holders, but you may include | |
332 | translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the | |
333 | original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a | |
334 | translation of this License provided that you also include the | |
335 | original English version of this License. In case of a disagreement | |
336 | between the translation and the original English version of this | |
337 | License, the original English version will prevail. | |
338 | ||
339 | @item | |
340 | TERMINATION | |
341 | ||
342 | You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except | |
343 | as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to | |
344 | copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will | |
345 | automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, | |
346 | parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this | |
347 | License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such | |
348 | parties remain in full compliance. | |
349 | ||
350 | @item | |
351 | FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE | |
352 | ||
353 | The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions | |
354 | of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new | |
355 | versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may | |
356 | differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See | |
357 | @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/}. | |
358 | ||
359 | Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. | |
360 | If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this | |
361 | License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of | |
362 | following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or | |
363 | of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the | |
364 | Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version | |
365 | number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not | |
366 | as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. | |
367 | @end enumerate | |
368 | ||
369 | @page | |
370 | @appendixsubsec ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents | |
371 | ||
372 | To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of | |
373 | the License in the document and put the following copyright and | |
374 | license notices just after the title page: | |
375 | ||
376 | @smallexample | |
377 | @group | |
378 | Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{your name}. | |
379 | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
380 | under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 | |
381 | or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; | |
382 | with the Invariant Sections being @var{list their titles}, with the | |
383 | Front-Cover Texts being @var{list}, and with the Back-Cover Texts being @var{list}. | |
384 | A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU | |
385 | Free Documentation License''. | |
386 | @end group | |
387 | @end smallexample | |
388 | ||
389 | If you have no Invariant Sections, write ``with no Invariant Sections'' | |
390 | instead of saying which ones are invariant. If you have no | |
391 | Front-Cover Texts, write ``no Front-Cover Texts'' instead of | |
392 | ``Front-Cover Texts being @var{list}''; likewise for Back-Cover Texts. | |
393 | ||
394 | If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we | |
395 | recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of | |
396 | free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, | |
397 | to permit their use in free software. | |
398 | ||
399 | @c Local Variables: | |
400 | @c ispell-local-pdict: "ispell-dict" | |
401 | @c End: |