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+ <sect1>
+<title>About Copyrights and Software Licenses
+    </title>
+
+<para>
+
+We're sure that you've read some of the licenses that come with most
+commercial software &mdash; they usually say that you can only use one
+copy of the software on a single computer.  This system's license
+isn't like that at all.  We encourage you to put a copy of on every
+computer in your school or place of business.  Lend your installation
+media to your friends and help them install it on their computers!
+You can even make thousands of copies and <emphasis>sell</emphasis>
+them &mdash; albeit with a few restrictions.  Your freedom to install
+and use the system comes directly from Debian being based on
+<emphasis>free software</emphasis>.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Calling software <emphasis>free</emphasis> doesn't mean that the software isn't
+copyrighted, and it doesn't mean that CDs containing that software
+must be distributed at no charge.  Free software, in part, means that
+the licenses of individual programs do not require you to pay for the
+privilege of distributing or using those programs.  Free software also
+means that not only may anyone extend, adapt, and modify the software,
+but that they may distribute the results of their work as
+well.
+
+<note><para>
+
+The Debian project, as a pragmatic concession to its users,
+does make some packages available that do not meet our criteria for
+being free.  These packages are not part of the official distribution,
+however, and are only available from the
+<userinput>contrib</userinput> or <userinput>non-free</userinput>
+areas of Debian mirrors or on third-party CD-ROMs; see the
+<ulink url="&url-debian-faq;">Debian FAQ</ulink>, under
+<quote>The Debian FTP archives</quote>, for more information about the
+layout and contents of the archives.
+
+</para></note>
+
+</para><para>
+
+Many of the programs in the system are licensed under the
+<emphasis>GNU</emphasis> <emphasis>General Public License</emphasis>,
+often simply referred to as <quote>the GPL</quote>.  The GPL requires you to make
+the <emphasis>source code</emphasis> of the programs available
+whenever you distribute a binary copy of the program; that provision
+of the license ensures that any user will be able to modify the
+software.  Because of this provision, the source code<footnote>
+<para>
+
+For information on how to locate, unpack, and build
+binaries from Debian source packages, see the
+<ulink url="&url-debian-faq;">Debian FAQ</ulink>,
+under <quote>Basics of the Debian Package Management System</quote>.
+
+</para>
+</footnote> for all such programs is available in the Debian system.
+
+</para><para>
+
+There are several other forms of copyright statements and software
+licenses used on the programs in Debian. You can find the copyrights
+and licenses for every package installed on your system by looking in
+the file
+<filename>/usr/share/doc/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable>/copyright
+</filename>
+once you've installed a package on your system.
+
+</para><para>
+
+For more information about licenses and how Debian determines whether
+software is free enough to be included in the main distribution, see the
+<ulink url="&url-dfsg;">Debian Free Software Guidelines</ulink>.
+
+</para><para>
+
+The most important legal notice is that this software comes with
+<emphasis>no warranties</emphasis>.  The programmers who have created this
+software have done so for the benefit of the community.  No guarantee
+is made as to the suitability of the software for any given purpose.
+However, since the software is free, you are empowered to modify that
+software to suit your needs &mdash; and to enjoy the benefits of the
+changes made by others who have extended the software in this way.
+
+</para>
+ </sect1>