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diff --git a/xfce-user-guide/GPL.xml b/xfce-user-guide/GPL.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afdd208 --- /dev/null +++ b/xfce-user-guide/GPL.xml @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ +<sect1 id="GPL"> + +<title>GNU General Public License</title> + +<programlisting> + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + + Version 2, June 1991 + + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 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. + + Preamble + + The licenses for most software are designed to take away your + freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public + License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change + free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. + This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software + Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit + to using it. 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