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1.1 ! root 1: @node Free Documentation License ! 2: @appendix 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. 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