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These titles must be - distinct from any other section titles. - </para> - - <para> - You may add a section entitled <quote>Endorsements</quote>, - provided it contains nothing but endorsements of your <link - linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link> by various - parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text - has been approved by an organization as the authoritative - definition of a standard. - </para> - - <para> - You may add a passage of up to five words as a <link - linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Text</link>, and a passage - of up to 25 words as a <link - linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover Text</link>, to the end of - the list of <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Texts</link> - in the <link linkend="fdl-modified">Modified Version</link>. - Only one passage of Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text - may be added by (or through arrangements made by) any one - entity. 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If the <link - linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Cover Text</link> requirement of <link - linkend="fdl-section3">section 3</link> is applicable to these - copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one - quarter of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may - be placed on covers that surround only the Document within the - aggregate. Otherwise they must appear on covers around the whole - aggregate. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="fdl-section8"> - <title>8. TRANSLATION</title> - <para> - Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may - distribute translations of the <link - linkend="fdl-document">Document</link> under the terms of <link - linkend="fdl-section4">section 4</link>. 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However, - parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this - License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such - parties remain in full compliance. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="fdl-section10"> - <title>10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</title> - <para> - The <ulink type="http" - url="http://www.gnu.org/fsf/fsf.html">Free Software - Foundation</ulink> may publish new, revised versions of the GNU - Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new versions - will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ - in detail to address new problems or concerns. See <ulink - type="http" - url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/</ulink>. - </para> - - <para> - Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version - number. 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If - the Document does not specify a version number of this License, - you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by - the Free Software Foundation. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="fdl-using"> - <title>Addendum</title> - <para> - To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of - the License in the document and put the following copyright and - license notices just after the title page: - </para> - - <blockquote> - <para> - Copyright © YEAR YOUR NAME. - </para> - <para> - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this - document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation - License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the - Free Software Foundation; with the <link - linkend="fdl-invariant">Invariant Sections</link> being LIST - THEIR TITLES, with the <link - linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Front-Cover Texts</link> being LIST, - and with the <link linkend="fdl-cover-texts">Back-Cover - Texts</link> being LIST. 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