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@@ -1,42 +1,35 @@
-@node License, Credits, Introduction, Top
+@node License, Invocation, Introduction, Top
 @chapter Your rights and obligations
 @cindex license
 @cindex your rights and obligations
 @cindex rights, your
 @cindex obligations, your
 
-@cindex Free Software Foundation
-@cindex GNU General Public License
-@cindex General Public License
-@cindex GPL
-@cindex distribution
-@cindex redistribution
-Most of PSPP is distributed under the GNU General Public
-License.  The General Public License says, in effect, that you may
-modify and distribute PSPP as you like, as long as you grant the
-same rights to others.  It also states that you must provide source code
-when you distribute PSPP, or, if you obtained PSPP
-source code from an anonymous ftp site, give out the name of that site.
+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.
 
-The General Public License is given in full in the source distribution
-as file @file{COPYING}.  In Debian GNU/Linux, this file is also
-available as file @file{/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2}.
+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
+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 quote the GPL itself:
+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
+have.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
+source code.  And you must tell them their rights.
 
-@quotation
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
-option) any later version.
+Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone finds
+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.
 
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-General Public License for more details.
+The precise conditions of the licenses for PSPP are found in the
+General Public Licenses that accompany them.  This manual specifically
+is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License (@pxref{GNU Free
+Documentation 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.,
-59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-@end quotation
-@setfilename ignored