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diff --git a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/fdl.sgml b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/fdl.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57c82f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/fdl.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,636 @@ +<appendix id="fdl" label="C"> + <title>GNU Free Documentation License</title> + <para> + Version 1.1, March 2000 + </para> + + <para> + Copyright © 2000 + <address> + Free Software Foundation, Inc. + <street>59 Temple Place, Suite 330</street>, + <city>Boston</city>, + <state>MA</state> + <postcode>02111-1307</postcode> + <country>USA</country> + </address> + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license + document, but changing it is not allowed. + </para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry id="fdl-preamble"> + <term>0. PREAMBLE</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other + written document "free" in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone + the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without + modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, + this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get + credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for + modifications made by others. + </para> + + <para> + This License is a kind of "copyleft", which means that derivative + works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense. It + complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft + license designed for free software. + </para> + + <para> + We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free + software, because free software needs free documentation: a free + program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the + software does. But this License is not limited to software manuals; it + can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or + whether it is published as a printed book. We recommend this License + principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="fdl-section1"> + <term>1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</term> + <listitem> + <para id="fdl-document"> + This License applies to any manual or other work that contains a + notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed + under the terms of this License. The <link + linkend="fdl-document">"Document" </link>, below, refers to any such + manual or work. Any member of the public is a licensee, and is + addressed as "you". + </para> + + <para id="fdl-modified"> + A <link linkend="fdl-modified">"Modified Version"</link> of the + Document means any work containing the Document or a portion of it, + either copied verbatim, or with modifications and/or translated into + another language. + </para> + + <para id="fdl-secondary"> + A <link linkend="fdl-secondary">"Secondary Section"</link> is a named + appendix or a front-matter section of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> that deals exclusively with the + relationship of the publishers or authors of the <link + linkend="fdl-document"> Document</link> to the <link + linkend="fdl-document"> Document's</link> overall subject (or to + related matters) and contains nothing that could fall directly within + that overall subject. (For example, if the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> is in part a textbook of + mathematics, a <link linkend="fdl-secondary">Secondary Section</link> + may not explain any mathematics.) The relationship could be a matter + of historical connection with the subject or with related matters, or + of legal, commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position + regarding them. + </para> + + <para id="fdl-invariant"> + The <link linkend="fdl-invariant">"Invariant Sections"</link> are + certain <link linkend="fdl-secondary"> Secondary Sections</link> whose + titles are designated, as being those of <link + linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link>, in the notice that + says that the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> is released + under this License. + </para> + + <para id="fdl-cover-texts"> + The <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">"Cover Texts"</link> are certain + short passages of text that are listed, as <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Texts</link> or <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover Texts</link>, in the notice that + says that the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> is released + under this License. + </para> + + <para id="fdl-transparent"> + A <link linkend="fdl-transparent">"Transparent"</link> copy of the + <link linkend="fdl-document"> Document</link> means a machine-readable + copy, represented in a format whose specification is available to the + general public, whose contents can be viewed and edited directly and + straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images composed of + pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some widely available + drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to text formatters or + for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable for input + to text formatters. A copy made in an otherwise <link + linkend="fdl-transparent"> Transparent</link> file format whose markup + has been designed to thwart or discourage subsequent modification by + readers is not <link linkend="fdl-transparent">Transparent</link>. A + copy that is not <link linkend="fdl-transparent">"Transparent"</link> + is called "Opaque". + </para> + + <para> + Examples of suitable formats for <link + linkend="fdl-transparent">Transparent</link> copies include plain + ASCII without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format, SGML + or XML using a publicly available DTD, and standard-conforming simple + HTML designed for human modification. Opaque formats include + PostScript, PDF, proprietary formats that can be read and edited only + by proprietary word processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or + processing tools are not generally available, and the + machine-generated HTML produced by some word processors for output + purposes only. + </para> + + <para id="fdl-title-page"> + The <link linkend="fdl-title-page">"Title Page"</link> means, for a + printed book, the title page itself, plus such following pages as are + needed to hold, legibly, the material this License requires to appear + in the title page. For works in formats which do not have any title + page as such, <link linkend="fdl-title-page"> "Title Page"</link> + means the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title, + preceding the beginning of the body of the text. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section2"> + <term>2. VERBATIM COPYING</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You may copy and distribute the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> in any medium, either + commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the + copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies + to the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> are reproduced in + all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those + of this License. You may not use technical measures to obstruct or + control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or + distribute. However, you may accept compensation in exchange for + copies. If you distribute a large enough number of copies you must + also follow the conditions in <link linkend="fdl-section3">section + 3</link>. + </para> + + <para> + You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and + you may publicly display copies. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section3"> + <term>3. COPYING IN QUANTITY</term> + <listitem> + <para> + If you publish printed copies of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> numbering more than 100, and + the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document's</link> license notice + requires <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link>, you must + enclose the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all + these <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link>: Front-Cover + Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on the back cover. Both + covers must also clearly and legibly identify you as the publisher of + these copies. The front cover must present the full title with all + words of the title equally prominent and visible. You may add other + material on the covers in addition. Copying with changes limited to + the covers, as long as they preserve the title of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> and satisfy these conditions, + can be treated as verbatim copying in other respects. + </para> + + <para> + If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit + legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit + reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent + pages. + </para> + + <para> + If you publish or distribute <link + linkend="fdl-transparent">Opaque</link> copies of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> numbering more than 100, you + must either include a machine-readable <link + linkend="fdl-transparent">Transparent</link> copy along with each + <link linkend="fdl-transparent">Opaque</link> copy, or state in or + with each <link linkend="fdl-transparent">Opaque</link> copy a + publicly-accessible computer-network location containing a complete + <link linkend="fdl-transparent"> Transparent</link> copy of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, free of added material, which + the general network-using public has access to download anonymously at + no charge using public-standard network protocols. If you use the + latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you begin + distribution of <link linkend="fdl-transparent">Opaque</link> copies + in quantity, to ensure that this <link + linkend="fdl-transparent">Transparent</link> copy will remain thus + accessible at the stated location until at least one year after the + last time you distribute an <link + linkend="fdl-transparent">Opaque</link> copy (directly or through your + agents or retailers) of that edition to the public. + </para> + + <para> + It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the + <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> well before + redistributing any large number of copies, to give them a chance to + provide you with an updated version of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section4"> + <term>4. MODIFICATIONS</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You may copy and distribute a <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> of the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> + under the conditions of sections <link linkend="fdl-section2">2</link> + and <link linkend="fdl-section3">3</link> above, provided that you + release the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link> under + precisely this License, with the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> filling the role of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, thus licensing distribution + and modification of the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> to whoever possesses a copy of it. In addition, you + must do these things in the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link>: + </para> + + <orderedlist numeration="upperalpha"> + <listitem> + <para> + Use in the <link linkend="fdl-title-page">Title Page</link> (and + on the covers, if any) a title distinct from that of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, and from those of + previous versions (which should, if there were any, be listed in + the History section of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>). You may use the same + title as a previous version if the original publisher of that + version gives permission. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + List on the <link linkend="fdl-title-page">Title Page</link>, as + authors, one or more persons or entities responsible for + authorship of the modifications in the <link + linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link>, together with at + least five of the principal authors of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> (all of its principal + authors, if it has less than five). + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + State on the <link linkend="fdl-title-page">Title Page</link> + the name of the publisher of the <link + linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link>, as the + publisher. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve all the copyright notices of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications + adjacent to the other copyright notices. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license + notice giving the public permission to use the <link + linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link> under the terms + of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve in that license notice the full lists of <link + linkend="fdl-invariant"> Invariant Sections</link> and required + <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link> given in the + <link linkend="fdl-document">Document's</link> license notice. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Include an unaltered copy of this License. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve the section entitled "History", and its title, and add + to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and + publisher of the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version + </link>as given on the <link linkend="fdl-title-page">Title + Page</link>. If there is no section entitled "History" in the + <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, create one stating + the title, year, authors, and publisher of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> as given on its <link + linkend="fdl-title-page">Title Page</link>, then add an item + describing the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> as stated in the previous sentence. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve the network location, if any, given in the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> for public access to a + <link linkend="fdl-transparent">Transparent</link> copy of the + <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, and likewise the + network locations given in the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> for previous versions it + was based on. These may be placed in the "History" section. You + may omit a network location for a work that was published at + least four years before the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> itself, or if the + original publisher of the version it refers to gives permission. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + In any section entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications", + preserve the section's title, and preserve in the section all + the substance and tone of each of the contributor + acknowledgements and/or dedications given therein. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserve all the <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant + Sections</link> of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, unaltered in their text + and in their titles. Section numbers or the equivalent are not + considered part of the section titles. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Delete any section entitled "Endorsements". Such a section may + not be included in the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Do not retitle any existing section as "Endorsements" or to + conflict in title with any <link + linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Section</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + + <para> + If the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link> includes + new front-matter sections or appendices that qualify as <link + linkend="fdl-secondary">Secondary Sections</link> and contain no + material copied from the Document, you may at your option designate + some or all of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their + titles to the list of <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant + Sections</link> in the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version's</link> license notice. These titles must be distinct from + any other section titles. + </para> + + <para> + You may add a section entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains + nothing but endorsements of your <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> by various parties--for example, statements of peer + review or that the text has been approved by an organization as the + authoritative definition of a standard. + </para> + + <para> + You may add a passage of up to five words as a <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Text</link>, and a passage of up + to 25 words as a <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover + Text</link>, to the end of the list of <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link> in the <link + linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link>. Only one passage of + <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Text</link> and one of + <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover Text</link> may be added by + (or through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> already includes a cover text + for the same cover, previously added by you or by arrangement made by + the same entity you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; + but you may replace the old one, on explicit permission from the + previous publisher that added the old one. + </para> + + <para> + The author(s) and publisher(s) of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> do not by this License give + permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or imply + endorsement of any <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version + </link>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section5"> + <term>5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You may combine the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> with + other documents released under this License, under the terms defined + in <link linkend="fdl-section4">section 4</link> above for modified + versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the + <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> of all of the + original documents, unmodified, and list them all as <link + linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> of your combined + work in its license notice. + </para> + + <para> + The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and + multiple identical <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant + Sections</link> may be replaced with a single copy. If there are + multiple <link linkend="fdl-invariant"> Invariant Sections</link> with + the same name but different contents, make the title of each such + section unique by adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of + the original author or publisher of that section if known, or else a + unique number. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the + list of <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> in the + license notice of the combined work. + </para> + + <para> + In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled "History" + in the various original documents, forming one section entitled + "History"; likewise combine any sections entitled "Acknowledgements", + and any sections entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections + entitled "Endorsements." + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section6"> + <term>6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You may make a collection consisting of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> and other documents released + under this License, and replace the individual copies of this License + in the various documents with a single copy that is included in the + collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for + verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects. + </para> + + <para> + You may extract a single document from such a collection, and + distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert a + copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow this + License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that + document. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section7"> + <term>7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</term> + <listitem> + <para> + A compilation of the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> or + its derivatives with other separate and independent documents or + works, in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, does not + as a whole count as a <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified + Version</link> of the <link linkend="fdl-document"> Document</link>, + provided no compilation copyright is claimed for the compilation. + Such a compilation is called an "aggregate", and this License does not + apply to the other self-contained works thus compiled with the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> , on account of their being + thus compiled, if they are not themselves derivative works of the + <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>. If the <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Text</link> requirement of <link + linkend="fdl-section3">section 3</link> is applicable to these copies + of the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link>, then if the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> is less than one quarter of the + entire aggregate, the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document's</link> + <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link> may be placed on + covers that surround only the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> within the aggregate. Otherwise + they must appear on covers around the whole aggregate. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section8"> + <term>8. TRANSLATION</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may + distribute translations of the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> under the terms of <link + linkend="fdl-section4">section 4</link>. Replacing <link + linkend="fdl-invariant"> Invariant Sections</link> with translations + requires special permission from their copyright holders, but you may + include translations of some or all <link + linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> in addition to the + original versions of these <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant + Sections</link>. You may include a translation of this License + provided that you also include the original English version of this + License. In case of a disagreement between the translation and the + original English version of this License, the original English version + will prevail. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section9"> + <term>9. TERMINATION</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the <link + linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> except as expressly provided + for under this License. Any other attempt to copy, modify, sublicense + or distribute the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> is + void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this + License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from + you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long + as such parties remain in full compliance. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-section10"> + <term>10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The <ulink type="http" url="http://www.gnu.org/fsf/fsf.html">Free + Software Foundation</ulink> 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 <ulink type="http" + url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/</ulink>. + </para> + + <para> + Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version + number. If the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> specifies + that a particular numbered version of this License "or any later + version" applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and + conditions either of that specified version or of any later version + that has been published (not as a draft) by the Free Software + Foundation. If the <link linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> does + not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any + version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software + Foundation. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="fdl-using"> + <term>Addendum</term> + <listitem> + <para> + To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of + the License in the document and put the following copyright and + license notices just after the title page: + </para> + + <para> + Copyright © YEAR YOUR NAME. + </para> + + <para> + Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document + under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or + any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the + <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> being LIST + THEIR TITLES, with the <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover + Texts</link> being LIST, and with the <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover Texts</link> being LIST. A copy + of the license is included in the section entitled <quote>GNU Free + Documentation License</quote>. + </para> + + <para> + If you have no <link linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant + Sections</link>, write "with no Invariant Sections" instead of saying + which ones are invariant. If you have no <link + linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Texts</link>, write "no + Front-Cover Texts" instead of "Front-Cover Texts being LIST"; likewise + for <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover Texts</link>. + </para> + + <para> + If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we + recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of + free software license, such as the <ulink type="http" + url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"> GNU General Public + License</ulink>, to permit their use in free software. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</appendix>
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