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6Unless otherwise stated, every page and image (e.g. JPG/PNG files) on
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19The terms of this license are written below, unmodified, except to change the
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22You can also find the license here:
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28The *unmodified* license text is as follows:
29
30GNU Free Documentation License
31==============================
32
33Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
34
35Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation,
36Inc. <https://fsf.org/>
37
38Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
39license document, but changing it is not allowed.
40
410. PREAMBLE
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43
44The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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46assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
47with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.
48Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way
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50for modifications made by others.
51
52This License is a kind of "copyleft", which means that derivative
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54complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
55license designed for free software.
56
57We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free
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61can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
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64
651. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
66--------------------------------
67
68This License applies to any manual or other work, in any medium, that
69contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be
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72work under the conditions stated herein. The "Document", below, refers
73to any such manual or work. Any member of the public is a licensee,
74and is addressed as "you". You accept the license if you copy, modify
75or distribute the work in a way requiring permission under copyright
76law.
77
78A "Modified Version" of the Document means any work containing the
79Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with
80modifications and/or translated into another language.
81
82A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
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91them.
92
93The "Invariant Sections" are certain Secondary Sections whose titles
94are designated, as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice
95that says that the Document is released under this License. If a
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98Invariant Sections. If the Document does not identify any Invariant
99Sections then there are none.
100
101The "Cover Texts" are certain short passages of text that are listed,
102as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that
103the Document is released under this License. A Front-Cover Text may be
104at most 5 words, and a Back-Cover Text may be at most 25 words.
105
106A "Transparent" copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
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115or discourage subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent.
116An image format is not Transparent if used for any substantial amount
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118
119Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain
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125proprietary word processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or
126processing tools are not generally available, and the
127machine-generated HTML, PostScript or PDF produced by some word
128processors for output purposes only.
129
130The "Title Page" means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
131plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material
132this License requires to appear in the title page. For works in
133formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title Page" means
134the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title,
135preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
136
137The "publisher" means any person or entity that distributes copies of
138the Document to the public.
139
140A section "Entitled XYZ" means a named subunit of the Document whose
141title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following
142text that translates XYZ in another language. (Here XYZ stands for a
143specific section name mentioned below, such as "Acknowledgements",
144"Dedications", "Endorsements", or "History".) To "Preserve the Title"
145of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a
146section "Entitled XYZ" according to this definition.
147
148The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which
149states that this License applies to the Document. These Warranty
150Disclaimers are considered to be included by reference in this
151License, but only as regards disclaiming warranties: any other
152implication that these Warranty Disclaimers may have is void and has
153no effect on the meaning of this License.
154
1552. VERBATIM COPYING
156-------------------
157
158You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either
159commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the
160copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies
161to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no
162other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use
163technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further
164copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept
165compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough
166number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3.
167
168You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and
169you may publicly display copies.
170
1713. COPYING IN QUANTITY
172----------------------
173
174If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have
175printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and the
176Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose the
177copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover
178Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on
179the back cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify you
180as the publisher of these copies. The front cover must present the
181full title with all words of the title equally prominent and visible.
182You may add other material on the covers in addition. Copying with
183changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve the title of
184the Document and satisfy these conditions, can be treated as verbatim
185copying in other respects.
186
187If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit
188legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit
189reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent
190pages.
191
192If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering
193more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable Transparent
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195a computer-network location from which the general network-using
196public has access to download using public-standard network protocols
197a complete Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material.
198If you use the latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps,
199when you begin distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure
200that this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated
201location until at least one year after the last time you distribute an
202Opaque copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that
203edition to the public.
204
205It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the
206Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to
207give them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the
208Document.
209
2104. MODIFICATIONS
211----------------
212
213You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under
214the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release
215the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified
216Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution
217and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy
218of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version:
219
220- A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title
221 distinct from that of the Document, and from those of previous
222 versions (which should, if there were any, be listed in the
223 History section of the Document). You may use the same title as a
224 previous version if the original publisher of that version
225 gives permission.
226- B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or
227 entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the
228 Modified Version, together with at least five of the principal
229 authors of the Document (all of its principal authors, if it has
230 fewer than five), unless they release you from this requirement.
231- C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
232 Modified Version, as the publisher.
233- D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.
234- E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
235 adjacent to the other copyright notices.
236- F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license
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238 under the terms of this License, in the form shown in the
239 Addendum below.
240- G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant
241 Sections and required Cover Texts given in the Document's
242 license notice.
243- H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
244- I. Preserve the section Entitled "History", Preserve its Title,
245 and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new
246 authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the
247 Title Page. If there is no section Entitled "History" in the
248 Document, create one stating the title, year, authors, and
249 publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page, then add an
250 item describing the Modified Version as stated in the
251 previous sentence.
252- J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document
253 for public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and
254 likewise the network locations given in the Document for previous
255 versions it was based on. These may be placed in the "History"
256 section. You may omit a network location for a work that was
257 published at least four years before the Document itself, or if
258 the original publisher of the version it refers to
259 gives permission.
260- K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications",
261 Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all
262 the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
263 and/or dedications given therein.
264- L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document, unaltered
265 in their text and in their titles. Section numbers or the
266 equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.
267- M. Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements". Such a section may
268 not be included in the Modified Version.
269- N. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled
270 "Endorsements" or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.
271- O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
272
273If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
274appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material
275copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all
276of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the
277list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice.
278These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
279
280You may add a section Entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains
281nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
282parties—for example, statements of peer review or that the text has
283been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
284standard.
285
286You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a
287passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
288of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of
289Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or
290through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already
291includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or
292by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
293you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
294permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.
295
296The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License
297give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or
298imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
299
3005. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
301----------------------
302
303You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
304License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified
305versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the
306Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and
307list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its
308license notice, and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers.
309
310The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
311multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
312copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but
313different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
314adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original
315author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number.
316Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
317Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
318
319In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled "History"
320in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled
321"History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled "Acknowledgements",
322and any sections Entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections
323Entitled "Endorsements".
324
3256. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
326---------------------------
327
328You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other
329documents released under this License, and replace the individual
330copies of this License in the various documents with a single copy
331that is included in the collection, provided that you follow the rules
332of this License for verbatim copying of each of the documents in all
333other respects.
334
335You may extract a single document from such a collection, and
336distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert a
337copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow this
338License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that
339document.
340
3417. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
342-------------------------------------
343
344A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
345and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or
346distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the copyright
347resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights
348of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit.
349When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not
350apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves
351derivative works of the Document.
352
353If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
354copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half of
355the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on
356covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the
357electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form.
358Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole
359aggregate.
360
3618. TRANSLATION
362--------------
363
364Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
365distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4.
366Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
367permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
368translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
369original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
370translation of this License, and all the license notices in the
371Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also include
372the original English version of this License and the original versions
373of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between
374the translation and the original version of this License or a notice
375or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.
376
377If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements",
378"Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to Preserve
379its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual
380title.
381
3829. TERMINATION
383--------------
384
385You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document
386except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise
387to copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute it is void, and will
388automatically terminate your rights under this License.
389
390However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
391from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,
392unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally
393terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder
394fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to
39560 days after the cessation.
396
397Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
398reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the
399violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
400received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that
401copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after
402your receipt of the notice.
403
404Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the
405licenses of parties who have received copies or rights from you under
406this License. If your rights have been terminated and not permanently
407reinstated, receipt of a copy of some or all of the same material does
408not give you any rights to use it.
409
41010. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
411------------------------------------
412
413The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of the
414GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new versions
415will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in
416detail to address new problems or concerns. See
417<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
418
419Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number.
420If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this
421License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of
422following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or
423of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the
424Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version
425number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not
426as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If the Document specifies
427that a proxy can decide which future versions of this License can be
428used, that proxy's public statement of acceptance of a version
429permanently authorizes you to choose that version for the Document.
430
43111. RELICENSING
432---------------
433
434"Massive Multiauthor Collaboration Site" (or "MMC Site") means any
435World Wide Web server that publishes copyrightable works and also
436provides prominent facilities for anybody to edit those works. A
437public wiki that anybody can edit is an example of such a server. A
438"Massive Multiauthor Collaboration" (or "MMC") contained in the site
439means any set of copyrightable works thus published on the MMC site.
440
441"CC-BY-SA" means the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
442license published by Creative Commons Corporation, a not-for-profit
443corporation with a principal place of business in San Francisco,
444California, as well as future copyleft versions of that license
445published by that same organization.
446
447"Incorporate" means to publish or republish a Document, in whole or in
448part, as part of another Document.
449
450An MMC is "eligible for relicensing" if it is licensed under this
451License, and if all works that were first published under this License
452somewhere other than this MMC, and subsequently incorporated in whole
453or in part into the MMC, (1) had no cover texts or invariant sections,
454and (2) were thus incorporated prior to November 1, 2008.
455
456The operator of an MMC Site may republish an MMC contained in the site
457under CC-BY-SA on the same site at any time before August 1, 2009,
458provided the MMC is eligible for relicensing.
459
460ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
461====================================================
462
463To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
464the License in the document and put the following copyright and
465license notices just after the title page:
466
467 Copyright (C) YEAR YOUR NAME.
468 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
469 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
470 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
471 with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
472 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
473 Free Documentation License".
474
475If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover
476Texts, replace the "with … Texts." line with this:
477
478 with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the
479 Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST.
480
481If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
482combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
483situation.
484
485If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
486recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
487free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to
488permit their use in free software.
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