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<title>Legal Information and Licensing</title>
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<title>Ximian Evolution is Free Software</title>
<para>
Ximian Evolution is licensed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL), and its documentation is licensed
separately
under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You can find a the
complete text of the GPL in <xref linkend="apx-gpl" />, and of the
GFDL in <xref linkend="apx-fdl"/>. The licenses are also available
in the files COPYING and COPYING-DOCS distributed with this
software. The Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange 2000 is
proprietary software and is subject to a different license. Copyright
for all three pieces of software and their documentation belongs to
Ximian, Inc.
</para>
</note>
<para>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License (GFDL), Version 1.1 or any later version published
by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections,
no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You can find
a copy of the GFDL in <xref linkend="apx-fdl"/> or in the
file COPYING-DOCS distributed with this manual.
</para>
<para> This manual is part of a collection of GNOME manuals
distributed under the GFDL. If you want to distribute this
manual separately from the collection, you can do so by
adding a copy of the license to the manual, as described in
section 6 of the license.
</para>
<para>
Ximian is a registered trademark and Ximian Evolution, the
dancing monkey logo and the Ximian capsule logo are
trademarks of Ximian, Inc. Other names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of other companies or
organizations. Where those names appear in any GNOME
documentation, and the members of the GNOME Documentation
Project are made aware of those trademarks, then the names
are in capital letters or initial capital letters.
</para>
<para>
DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED
UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE
WITH THE FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THAT:
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<para>DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES
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YOU (NOT THE INITIAL WRITER, AUTHOR OR ANY
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EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER; AND
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<para>UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL
THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE AUTHOR,
INITIAL WRITER, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY
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DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
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INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR
MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR
LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO USE OF THE
DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT,
EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
</para>
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