-@node License, Invocation, Introduction, Top
+@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
+@c Copyright (C) 2017, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
+@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+@c with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+@c A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
+@c Free Documentation License".
+@c
+@node License
@chapter Your rights and obligations
@cindex license
+@cindex licence
@cindex your rights and obligations
@cindex rights, your
+@cindex copyright
@cindex obligations, your
-PSPP is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are
+@pspp{} is not in the public domain. It is copyrighted and there are
restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed
to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do.
What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing
any version of this program that they might get from you.
Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
-away copies of PSPP, that you receive source code or else can get it
+away copies of @pspp{}, that you receive source code or else can get it
if you want it, that you can change these programs or use pieces of
them in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to
deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you distribute
-copies of PSPP, you must give the recipients all the rights that you
+copies of @pspp{}, you must give the recipients all the rights that you
have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
source code. And you must tell them their rights.
Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone finds
-out that there is no warranty for PSPP. If these programs are
+out that there is no warranty for @pspp{}. If these programs are
modified by someone else and passed on, we want their recipients to
know that what they have is not what we distributed, so that any
problems introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation.
-The precise conditions of the licenses for PSPP are found in the
-General Public Licenses that accompany them. This manual specifically
+Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
+patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
+program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
+program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
+patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
+
+The precise conditions of the license for @pspp{} are found in the
+GNU General Public License. You should have received a copy of
+the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
+to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
+Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. This manual specifically
is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License (@pxref{GNU Free
Documentation License}).
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