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Abstract
========

This manual describes the software inclusion policy for this distribution.  This
includes certain legal and technical requirements, to which each package must
adhere to be included in the distribution.  These requirements serve to protect
the freedom of users and vendors in their use of the operating system and to
ensure that all included software can be legally distributed and effectively
supported.


Status
======

This manual is a draft of the software inclusion policy and is subject to
change.  Nevertheless, the policy described herein shall apply to all software
packages in the distribution by release 1.0 thereof.


Legal Notice
============

Copyright © 2012 Patrick "P. J." McDermott

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.


Contents
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