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 `@copying': Declare copying permissions
 ---------------------------------------
 
   The `@copying' command should be given very early in the document;
 right after the header material ( Texinfo File Header) is the
 recommended location.  It conventionally consists of a sentence or two
 about what the program is, the legal copyright line, and the copying
 permissions.  Here is a skeletal example:
 
      @copying
      This manual is for PROGRAM (version VERSION),
      which ...
      
      Copyright @copyright{} YEARS COPYRIGHT-OWNER.
      
      @quotation
      Permission is granted to ...
      @end quotation
      @end copying
 
   The `@quotation' has no legal significance; it's there to improve
 readability in some contexts.
 
    GNU Sample Texts, for the full text to be used in GNU manuals.
  GNU Free Documentation License, for the license itself under
 which GNU and other free manuals are distributed.
 
   The text of `@copying' is output as a comment at the beginning of
 Info, HTML, and XML output files.  It is _not_ output implicitly in
 plain text or TeX; it's up to you to use `@insertcopying' to emit the
 copying information.  See the next section for details.
 
   In output formats that support it (print and HTML), the
 `@copyright{}' command generates a `c' inside a circle.  In Info and
 plain text, it generates `(C)'.  The copyright notice itself has the
 following legally defined sequence:
 
      Copyright (C) YEARS COPYRIGHT-OWNER.
 
   The word `Copyright' must always be written in English, even if the
 manual is otherwise in another language.  This is due to international
 law.
 
   The list of years should include all years in which a version was
 completed (even if it was released in a subsequent year).  Ranges are
 not allowed, each year must be written out individually, separated by
 commas.
 
   The copyright owner (or owners) is whoever holds legal copyright on
 the work.  In the case of works assigned to the FSF, the owner is `Free
 Software Foundation, Inc.'.
 
    Copyright Notices (maintain)Copyright Notices, for additional
 information.
 

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