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.