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This dictionary is distributed under the GFDL, see the
copyright notice in the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
section (at the start of the source file). The full text
follows.
Version 1.1, March 2000
Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
0. PREAMBLE
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by) any one entity. If the Document already includes a cover
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on explicit permission from the previous publisher that added
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or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled
"History" in the various original documents, forming one
section entitled "History"; likewise combine any sections
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"Dedications". You must delete all sections entitled
"Endorsements."
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
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7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
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8. TRANSLATION
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9. TERMINATION
You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the
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10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions
of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such
new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version,
but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
See here (http://gnu.org/copyleft/).
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End of full text of GFDL.
(2002-03-09)
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