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15 <H1>GNU Free Documentation License</H1>
16 Version 1.1, March 2000
17
18 <P>Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
19 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA<BR>
20 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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283 <H2>6. Collections Of Documents</H2>
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