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This is bfd.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.3 from bfd.texinfo.
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START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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* Bfd: (bfd). The Binary File Descriptor library.
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END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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This file documents the BFD library.
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Copyright (C) 1991, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
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section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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File: bfd.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Next: Index, Prev: BFD back ends, Up: Top
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GNU Free Documentation License
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Version 1.1, March 2000
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Copyright (C) 2000, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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0. PREAMBLE
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The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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This License is a kind of "copyleft", which means that derivative
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works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense.
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It complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
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We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for
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You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text,
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You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document
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ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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====================================================
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