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- Linux Documentation Project Copying License
- Last modified 30 March 1994
-
- The following copyright license applies to all works by the Linux
- Documentation Project. These manuals are available via anonymous FTP
- from sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/docs/LDP.
-
- Please read the license carefully---it is somewhat like the GNU General
- Public License, but there are several conditions in it that differ from
- what you may be used to. If you have any questions, please mail Matt Welsh,
- the LDP coordinator, at mdw@sunsite.unc.edu.
-
- The Linux Documentation Project manuals may be reproduced and distributed
- in whole or in part, subject to the following conditions:
-
- All Linux Documentation Project manuals are copyrighted by their
- respective authors. THEY ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
-
- * The copyright notice above and this permission notice must be
- preserved complete on all complete or partial copies.
-
- * Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and
- Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before
- distribution.
-
- * If you distribute Linux Installation and Getting Started in
- part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this
- manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete
- version provided.
-
- * Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or
- quotes in other works without this permission notice if proper
- citation is given.
-
- * The GNU General Public License referenced below may be
- reproduced under the conditions given within it.
-
- Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write
- to the author and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as
- authors, not to restrict you as educators and learners.
-
- All source code in Linux Installation and Getting Started
- is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous
- FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING.
-
- * Publishing LDP Manuals
-
- If you're a publishing company interested in distributing any
- of the LDP manuals, read on.
-
- By the license given in the previous section, anyone is allowed
- to publish and distribute verbatim copies of the Linux Documentation Project
- manuals. You don't need our explicit permission for this. However, if you
- would like to distribute a translation or derivative work based on any of
- the LDP manuals, you must obtain permission from the author, in writing,
- before doing so.
-
- All translations and derivative works of LDP manuals must be
- placed under the Linux Documentation License given in the previous section.
- That is, if you plan to release a translation of one of the manuals, it
- must be freely distributable by the above terms.
-
- You may, of course, sell the LDP manuals for profit. We encourage
- you to do so. Keep in mind, however, that because the LDP manuals are
- freely distributable, anyone may photocopy or distribute printed copies
- free of charge, if they wish to do so.
-
- We do not require to be paid royalties for any profit earned from
- selling LDP manuals. However, we would like to suggest that if you do
- sell LDP manuals for profit, that you either offer the author royalties,
- or donate a portion of your earnings to the author, the LDP as a whole,
- or to the Linux development community. You may also wish to send one or
- more free copies of the LDP manual that you are distributing to the author.
- Your show of support for the LDP and the Linux community will be very
- appreciated.
-
- We would like to be informed of any plans to publish or distribute
- LDP manuals, just so we know how they're becoming available. If you are
- publishing or planning to publish any LDP manuals, please send mail to Matt
- Welsh (address at the top of this file) either by electronic mail or
- telephone at +1 607 256 7372.
-
- We encourage Linux software distributors to distribute the LDP
- manuals (such as the Installation and Getting Started Guide) with their
- software. The LDP manuals are intended to be used as the "official" Linux
- documentation, and we'd like to see mail-order distributors bundling
- the LDP manuals with the software. As the LDP manuals mature, hopefully
- they will fulfill this goal more adequately.
-