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<span id="Verbatim-Copying-License-1"></span><h3 class="section">C.3 Verbatim Copying License</h3>
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<p>For software manuals and other documentation, it is critical to use a
license permitting free redistribution and updating, so that when a free
program is changed, the documentation can be updated as well.
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<p>On the other hand, for documents that express your personal views,
feelings or experiences, it is more appropriate to use a license
permitting only verbatim copying.
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<p>Here is sample text for such a license permitting verbatim copying only.
This is just the license text itself. For a complete sample document,
see the previous sections.
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<pre class="verbatim">@copying
This document is a sample for allowing verbatim copying only.
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies
of this entire document without royalty provided the
copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved.
@end quotation
@end copying
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