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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
+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.
-This License is a kind of “copyleft”, which means that derivative works
+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.
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 “Document”, below, refers to any such manual
+terms of this License. The "Document", below, refers to any such manual
or work. Any member of the public is a licensee, and is addressed as
-“you”.
+"you".
.. _fdl-modified:
-A “Modified Version” of the Document means any work containing the
+A "Modified Version" 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.
.. _fdl-secondary:
-A “Secondary Section” is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
+A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` that deals exclusively with the
relationship of the publishers or authors of the Document to the
Document's overall subject (or to related matters) and contains nothing
.. _fdl-invariant:
-The “Invariant Sections” are certain
+The "Invariant Sections" are certain
:ref:`Secondary Sections <fdl-secondary>` whose titles are designated,
as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice that says that the
:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` is released under this License.
.. _fdl-cover-texts:
-The “Cover Texts” are certain short passages of text that are listed, as
+The "Cover Texts" are certain short passages of text that are listed, as
Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that the
:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` is released under this License.
.. _fdl-transparent:
-A “Transparent” copy of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` means a
+A "Transparent" copy of the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` 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
for input to text formatters. A copy made in an otherwise Transparent
file format whose markup has been designed to thwart or discourage
subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent. A copy that is
-not “Transparent” is called “Opaque”.
+not "Transparent" is called "Opaque".
Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain ASCII
without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format, SGML or XML
.. _fdl-title-page:
-The “Title Page” means, for a printed book, the title page itself, plus
+The "Title Page" 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, “Title Page” means the text near the
+do not have any title page as such, "Title Page" means the text near the
most prominent appearance of the work's title, preceding the beginning
of the body of the text.
Include an unaltered copy of this License.
- **I.**
- Preserve the section entitled “History”, and its title, and add to it
+ 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 :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` as given on the
:ref:`Title Page <fdl-title-page>`. If there is no section entitled
- “History” in the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>`, create one stating
+ "History" in the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>`, create one stating
the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as given on
its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified Version as
stated in the previous sentence.
:ref:`Document <fdl-document>` for public access to a
:ref:`Transparent <fdl-transparent>` copy of the Document, and
likewise the network locations given in the Document for previous
- versions it was based on. These may be placed in the “History”
+ 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 Document itself, or if the
original publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.
- **K.**
- In any section entitled “Acknowledgements” or “Dedications”, preserve
+ 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.
part of the section titles.
- **M.**
- Delete any section entitled “Endorsements”. Such a section may not be
+ Delete any section entitled "Endorsements". Such a section may not be
included in the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>`.
- **N.**
- Do not retitle any existing section as “Endorsements” or to conflict
+ Do not retitle any existing section as "Endorsements" or to conflict
in title with any :ref:`Invariant Section <fdl-invariant>`.
If the :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` includes new
license notice. These titles must be distinct from any other section
titles.
-You may add a section entitled “Endorsements”, provided it contains
+You may add a section entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains
nothing but endorsements of your
:ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` by various parties--for
example, statements of peer review or that the text has been approved by
unique number. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the
list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
-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.”
+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."
.. _fdl-section6:
volume of a storage or distribution medium, does not as a whole count as
a :ref:`Modified Version <fdl-modified>` of the Document, 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
+is called an "aggregate", and this License does not apply to the other
self-contained works thus compiled with the Document , on account of
their being thus compiled, if they are not themselves derivative works
of the Document. If the :ref:`Cover Text <fdl-cover-texts>`
Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. If
the :ref:`Document <fdl-document>` specifies that a particular
-numbered version of this License “or any later version” applies to it,
+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 Document does not
being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the
:ref:`Front-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` being LIST, and with
the :ref:`Back-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>` being LIST. A copy
- of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free
- Documentation License”.
+ of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
+ Documentation License".
-If you have no :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>`, write “with
-no Invariant Sections” instead of saying which ones are invariant. If
-you have no :ref:`Front-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`, write “no
-Front-Cover Texts” instead of “Front-Cover Texts being LIST”; likewise
+If you have no :ref:`Invariant Sections <fdl-invariant>`, write "with
+no Invariant Sections" instead of saying which ones are invariant. If
+you have no :ref:`Front-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`, write "no
+Front-Cover Texts" instead of "Front-Cover Texts being LIST"; likewise
for :ref:`Back-Cover Texts <fdl-cover-texts>`.
If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we