Appendix S. Copyright

The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is herewith granted to the PUBLIC DOMAIN. This has the following implications and consequences.

A. All previous releases of the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide are as well granted to the Public Domain. A1. All printed editions, whether authorized by the author or not, are as well granted to the Public Domain. This legally overrides any stated intention or wishes of the publishers. Any statement of copyright is void and invalid. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS. A2. Any release of the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide, whether in electronic or print form is granted to the Public Domain by the express directive of the author and previous copyright holder, Mendel Cooper. No other person(s) or entities have ever held a valid copyright. B. As a Public Domain document, unlimited copying and distribution rights are granted. There can be NO restrictions. If anyone has published or will in the future publish an original or modified version of this document, then only additional original material may be copyrighted. The core work will remain in the Public Domain.

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If you copy or distribute this book, kindly DO NOT use the materials within, or any portion thereof, in a patent or copyright lawsuit against the Open Source community, its developers, its distributors, or against any of its associated software or documentation including, but not limited to, the Linux kernel, Open Office, Samba, and Wine. Kindly DO NOT use any of the materials within this book in testimony or depositions as a plaintiff's "expert witness" in any lawsuit against the Open Source community, any of its developers, its distributors, or any of its associated software or documentation.

A Public Domain license essentially does not restrict ANY legitimate distribution or use of this book. The author especially encourages its (royalty-free!) use for classroom and instructional purposes.

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The author produced this book in a manner consistent with the spirit of the LDP Manifesto.

Hyun Jin Cha has done a Korean translation of version 1.0.11 of this book. Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turkish translations are also available or in progress. If you wish to translate this document into another language, please feel free to do so, subject to the terms stated above. The author wishes to be notified of such efforts.