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+@iftex
+@page
+@unnumbered Preface
+
+This reference manual documents Guile, GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent
+Language for Extensions.  It describes how to use Guile in many useful
+and interesting ways.
+
+This is edition @value{MANUAL_EDITION} of the reference manual, and
+corresponds to Guile version @value{VERSION}.
+@end iftex
+
+
+@iftex
+@section The Guile License
+@end iftex
+
+@ifnottex
+@node Guile License
+@chapter The Guile License
+@end ifnottex
+
+The license of Guile consists of the GNU GPL plus a special statement
+giving blanket permission to link with non-free software.  This is the
+license statement as found in any individual file that it applies to:
+
+@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, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+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.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA
+
+As a special exception, the Free Software Foundation gives permission
+for additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE.
+
+The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files to
+produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting
+executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.  Your use of
+that executable is in no way restricted on account of linking the GUILE
+library code into it.
+
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+
+This exception applies only to the code released by the Free Software
+Foundation under the name GUILE.  If you copy code from other Free
+Software Foundation releases into a copy of GUILE, as the General Public
+License permits, the exception does not apply to the code that you add
+in this way.  To avoid misleading anyone as to the status of such
+modified files, you must delete this exception notice from them.
+
+If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice
+whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.  If you
+do not wish that, delete this exception notice.
+@end quotation
+
+
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