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7-Zip is a file archiver predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It operates either as a command line program or with a graphical user interface. It also features integration with the Windows shell environment. 7-Zip is free software, developed by Igor Pavlov and distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
http://www.7-zip.org/
The Application System/400 (also known as AS/400, iSeries (since 2000) and System i5 (since 2006)) is a type of minicomputer produced by IBM. It was first produced in 1988 and, as of 2006, is still in production.
The AS/400 is an object-based system with an integrated ~DB2 database that was designed to implement E. F. Codd's relational database model, which is based on Codd's 12 rules, in the operating system and hardware.
!!!!!Management
''computer and information systems manager''
*development of requirements, budgets, and schedules for information technology projects
*coordination of projects from development to implementation, working with internal and external clients, vendors, consultants, and computer specialists
''digital asset manager/digital archivist''
*executing collection, organization and maintenance over a wide range of hypermedia formats
*planning, coordination and implementation of standards and practices that ensure long-term preservation and easy retrieval
*agile application of hierarchical ontologies to manage high volumes and high abstractions
*content and layout standardization
*emphasis on interoperability (through open standards), and integrity (through metadata)
!!!!!Professional
''systems administrator''
*day-to-day administration, maintenance, and support of computer systems and networks
*planning, coordination and implementation of network security measures
*technical assistance, support, and advice
*continual network surveillance to determine future needs
''computer systems analysts''
*helping organizations in obtaining maximum benefit from their equipment, software and business processes investments
*conducting productivity analysis to help managers improve performance
*updating existing methodologies from paper-based to computer-processing
*harnessing existent computer power through the introduction of new software applications
*applying existing system resources to additional operations
!!!!!Visual Communication
''drafter/illustrator''
*preparation of 3d technical drawings and plans for use by manufacturing facility workers
*establishment of visual guidelines for dimensions, materials, technical details and procedures
*very proficient at maps, diagrams and detailed cross-sections/exploded views
''animator''
*planning, coordination and implementation of both promotional and didactic audiovisual presentations
*storyboarding
*choosing lighting and camera
*performing vector-based motion illustration
''graphic designer''
*planning, analysis and creation of visual solutions to communications problems, considering target audience's cognitive, cultural and social aspects
*very proficient at vectorizing raster sources
*logo composition
*environmental graphics—signs and signage systems
*layout for:
**promotional displays
**packaging
**marketing brochures
*experienced in interactive media
''digital video production and editing''
*//adobe premier// nonlinear editing
*superior command of //adobe premier//'s //title designer//
''photographer''
*production of images that paint pictures, tell stories and record events
*buildings, models, merchandise, artifacts, and landscapes
*good photo-editing skills
!!!!!Verbal Communication
''technical writing''
*development of
**equipment manuals
**appendixes
**asembly instructions
**tutorials
*good editing skills
*comfortable in complex and abstract subject matter
*conversion of written materials from english to spanish and vice-versa
!!!!!Clerical
''stock clerk/order filler''
*item receipt, unpacking, checking, storage and tracking
*recordkeeping of items entering or leaving
''data entry and information processing worker''
*batch raster processing
*ocr
ActionScript is an ~ECMAScript-based programming language used for controlling Macromedia Flash movies and applications. Since both ActionScript and ~JavaScript are based on the same ~ECMAScript syntax, fluency in one easily translates to the other. However, where the client model of ~JavaScript deals with the structure of browser windows, documents and forms, ActionScript deals with the structure and interactivity of Macromedia Flash movies, which may include animations, audio, text and client-side logic.
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~AppleScript is a scripting language devised by Apple Computer, and built into Mac OS. More generally, ~AppleScript is the word used to designate the Mac OS scripting interface, which is meant to operate in parallel with the graphical user interface.
The following humble achievements have all been made through relentless determination, with manic attention to detail, giving careful consideration to client and enduser needs.
!!!!!Machine
Succesfully deployed and managed a medium-capacity network of [[OSX]] machines within a multiplatform environment ([[Windows]]/[[OSX]]/[[Novell|Novell Netware]]/AS400); following [[National Security Agency|National Security Agency Systems and Network Attack Center]] configuration guides.
Succesfully deployed and managed a multi-user, multi-priviledge FreeBSD [[Samba]] server.
Gathered vast experience and skill in streamlining the accounting, inventory and tracking system workflows by retrofitting, digitizing and upgrading.
Succesfully advocated and implemented adoption of [[open source software]] solutions, including [[Firefox]], [[OpenOffice.org]], [[7-Zip]], CoRD, [[Inkscape]], [[Blender]], [[KeePass]] and [[Cyberduck]].
!!!!!Document
I have and will continue to work with the ToorCon computer security conference, producing all manner of diagrams, flare, propaganda, and various design, art and visual communication material. From this collaboration i realized my desire to move away from publicity design and into didactic procedural illustration.
While at [[Maxell de México]], i have been in charge of elaborating simple-to-complex didactic technical illustrations: reference guides and monthly //stepped instruction sheets//.
Contributed extensively to [[Wikipedia]].
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is the Unix derivative distributed by the University of California, Berkeley starting in the 1970s. The name is also used collectively for the modern descendants of these distributions.
BSD was widely identified with the versions of Unix available for workstation-class systems. This can be attributed to the ease with which it could be licensed and the familiarity it found among the founders of many technology companies during the 1980s. This familarity often came from using similar systems - notably DEC's Ultrix and Sun's ~SunOS - during their education. While BSD itself was largely superseded by the System V Release 4.x and OSF/1 systems in the 1990s, in recent years modified [[open source|open source software]] versions of the codebase have seen increasing use and development.
Blender is an [[open source software]] 3D animation program. It can be used for modelling, uv unwrapping, texturing, rigging, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulating, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications. Blender is available for several operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, IRIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, ~SkyOS, ~MorphOS and Pocket PC. Blender has a robust feature set similar in scope and depth to other high-end 3D software such as Softimage|XSI, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max and Maya. These features include advanced simulation tools such as rigid body dynamics, fluid dynamics, and softbody dynamics, modifier based modeling tools, powerful character animation tools, a node based material and compositing system and an embedded scripting engine based on Python.
CoRD is a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows servers using the rdp protocol.
It is easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify.
http://cord.sourceforge.net/
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Cyberduck is a [[open source|open source software]] FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript.
http://cyberduck.ch/
Dachb0den is a southern california based hacker think-tank dedicated to providing new and innovative technologies to the world. One of dachb0den's key principles is that no one should have only one perspective. Real advancements in technology are made through thinking in a different perspective, or outside of the box. That is why dachb0den was formed. To motivate hacking, innovation, and hard work to better ourselves and the world around us.
http://www.dachb0den.com/
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Three semesters, Computer Engineering - [[Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana|http://www.tectijuana.mx/]]
Diploma and Certificate, High School - Centro Escolar Tijuana
''Complementary Courses:''
Culturejamming Workshop - [[Pod Fyvolent]] (2001)
Comics, Sequential Art workshop - [[Taller del Perro]] (2000)
Literature Models - Raúl Jesús Rincón Meza (1995)
A fanzine is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in October 1940 by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, although self-published fanzine-like publications did not originate with science fiction fandom.
Fanzines are not funded or subsidized by commercial or public entities; publishers, editors and contributors receive no financial compensation, and fanzines are traditionally circulated for at most a nominal cost to defray postage or production expenses, in exchange for similar publications or contributions for publication, or free of charge to any interested parties.
Some fanzines have evolved into professional publications, and many professional writers were first published in fanzines and even contributed to them after establishing a professional reputation. The term fanzine has, in recent times, come to be confused with "fan magazine", but the latter term refers to professionally-produced media intended for fan consumption.
Mozilla Firefox is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and hundreds of volunteers.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
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FreeBSD is a Unix-like [[open source|open source software]] operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution ([[BSD]]) branch through the 386BSD and 4.4BSD operating systems. It runs on Intel [[x86]] family (~IA-32) PC compatible systems (including the Microsoft Xbox), and also DEC Alpha, Sun ~UltraSPARC, ~IA-64, ~AMD64, PowerPC and NEC ~PC-98 architectures. Support for the ARM and MIPS architectures are under development, while support for DEC Alpha was dropped in the 7.x development process.
~FreeBSD is developed as a complete operating system. The kernel, device drivers and all of the userland utilities, such as the shell, are held in the same source code revision tracking tree (CVS). This is in contrast to Linux, a similar but better-known operating system, in which the kernel is developed by one set of developers; userland utilities and applications by others, such as the GNU project; and all are packaged together by other groups and published as Linux distributions.
As an operating system, ~FreeBSD is generally regarded as quite reliable and robust, and of the operating systems that accurately report uptime remotely, ~FreeBSD is the most common free operating system listed in Netcraft's list of the 50 web servers with the longest uptime (uptime on some operating systems such as some versions of Linux can't be calculated). A long uptime also indicates that no crashes have occurred and that no kernel updates have been deemed necessary, as installing a new kernel requires a reboot and resets the uptime counter of the system.
The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to ensure products and services have the lowest possible environmental impact.
ISO 14000 is similar to [[ISO 9000|ISO9002-2000]] quality management in that both pertain to the process - the comprehensive outcome - of how a product is produced, rather than to the product itself. As with ISO 9000, certification is performed by third-party organisations rather than being awarded by ISO directly. The ISO 19011 audit standard applies when auditing for both 9000 and 14000 compliance at once - so 19011 is the ISO standard for any total quality management system.
ISO 9000 series of standards are widely accepted standards which specifies requirements for a Quality Management System.
ISO 9000 was originally created by the British Standards Institute as BS 5750. The standard is now maintained by ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and administered by accreditation and certification bodies.
It is widely accepted, although its high price and effort has led to many companies using alternatives such as ~IC9700, or ~IC9200, both of which are issued by the International Charter.
Some countries accepted ISO 9000 as their national standard. (e.g. IR 9000 in Iran).
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Inkscape is a Vector Graphics Editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator, that strives to be [[SVG]] Compliant, [[open source|open source software]], responsive and extensible.
http://www.inkscape.org/
As the Tijuana's cultural agency, the IMAC uses its $2.4 million annual budget to support artists; to offer workshops, classes and concerts; and to organize a book fair and an annual foreign-film festival.
http://www.imactijuana.com/
KeePass Password Safe is an [[open source|open source software]] password management utility useful for storing passwords, usernames, and ~URLs in an AES or Twofish -encrypted database, accessed via password and/or a key-file ("key-disk"). KeePass began development in November 2003, is maintained by Dominik Reichl and is available for [[Windows]], yet there are currently several unofficial ports in targeting ~PocketPC, Linux and [[OSX]].
[[Contact]]
[[Prominent Traits]]
[[Abilities in Practice]]
[[Applied Studies]]
[[Work History]]
[[Education]]
[[Portfolio]]
[[Info Technology|http://tijuanabsd.blogspot.com/]]
^^[[content licence]]^^
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Established in [[Tijuana]], Baja California, México in July 1987; Maxell de México [[S.A. de C.V.]] has since become a leader in packaging solutions. An ISO9002-2000 and [[ISO14000]]-certified sub-contractor with extensive experience supporting U.S. based operations, receiving several awards in packaging excellence by providing for Maxell Corporation of America. Now offering a wide variety of packaging capabilities to new prospective customers.
http://www.maxellpackagingservices.com/
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The National Security Agency (NSA) Systems and Network Attack Center (SNAC) publishes in-depth configuration guides to protect networks from intrusion. The objective of the NSA research program is to develop technologic advances that can be shared with the software development community through a variety of transfer mechanisms. NSA does not favor or promote any specific software product or business model; rather, it promotes enhanced security.
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/
~NetWare is a network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a PC, and the network protocols were based on the archetypal Xerox XNS stack.
~NetWare established the dominant position in the market in the early and middle 1990s by developing its ~XNS-derived IPX/SPX protocol as the LAN standard. At the end of the 1990s, with Internet connectivity booming, the Internet's TCP/IP protocol became dominant on ~LANs also. Novell however took several years to adapt ~NetWare to operate natively over TCP/IP, opening a window for Microsoft to assert its market position and make [[Windows NT|Windows]] the dominant LAN network operating system.
Mac OS X is the operating system which is included with all shipping Apple Macintosh computers in the consumer and professional markets. Apple Computer also distributes the system as a separate software package for Apple-branded workstation-level computers.
Despite its branding as simply "version 10" of the Mac OS, it has a history largely independent of the earlier Mac OS releases. It is based on the Mach kernel and the [[BSD]] implementation of Unix.
~OpenOffice.org (~OOo) is a free and [[open source|open source software]] office suite, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database components. It is available for many different platforms, including [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], Unix-like systems including Solaris and Linux, and [[OSX]]. It is intended to be compatible with, and compete with, Microsoft Office, it supports the ~OpenDocument standard for data interchange, and can be used at no cost.
http://www.openoffice.org/
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"One of the most important communication channels and art forms in the struggle to reclaim and resonate authentic culture and autonomous community in this era of corporate consolidation, information war and hyper-consuming global capitalism is Radio Activism. Because of its widespread access, low-cost and low-tech ease, and minimal production time, radio’s ability to spread urgent messages and remain one of the crucial freezones in the communications spectrum make it indispensable to any Artivist’s toolkit."
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/10/14/49323.php
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~PowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 ~Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for personal computers, ~PowerPC ~CPUs have since become popular embedded and high-performance processors as well. ~PowerPC was the cornerstone of AIM's ~PReP and Common Hardware Reference Platform initiatives in the 1990s, but the architecture found the most success in the personal computer market in Apple's Power Macintosh line from 1994-2005.
~PowerPC is largely based on IBM's earlier POWER architecture, and retains a high level of compatibility with it; the architectures have remained close enough that the same programs and operating systems will run on both if some care is taken in preparation.
*9 Years of Experience
*Highly inquisitive, creative and hardworking
*Superb troubleshooting and analytical skills
*Excellent communication and collaboration skills
*Good practical knowledge of graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and knowledge visualization
*Stimulated by the challenges inherent in vigorously innovative environments
*Bilingual: Spanish/English
*Good command of the written language, for both copy and technical documentation
*Extensive proficiency in both [[x86]] and [[PowerPC]] hardware, as well as in [[Windows]] and [[OSX]] operating systems
*Exposed to and practical knowledge of FreeBSD
*Internet-literate
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Since its inception in June 1987 as the [[Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana|http://www.tectijuana.mx/]]'s premiere cultural radio station, XHITT 88.7 FM Radio Tecnológico Cultural, produces and distributes informational programming that engages the regional audience in public dialogue about culture and technology.
S.A. de C.V. or "Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable" ("Anonymous Society of Variable Capital") is the most common way of structuring a company in México.
According to [[mexonline|http://www.mexonline.com/]] S.A. de C.V.'s exhibit the following characteristics:
*May be up to 100% foreign-owned.
*Minimum capital requirements is $50,000 Pesos in capital stock.
*Minimum of two shareholders in the case of a corporation and no maximum. Administration maybe entrusted to the Board of Directors.
*There is no limit to the life of a corporation.
*Free transferability of stock ownership.
*Operational losses incurred by the Mexican entity or subsidiary may not be used by the U.S. parent company.
*Limited liability to shareholders.
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated (either declarative or scripted). It is an open standard created by the World Wide Web Consortium, which is also responsible for standards like HTML and XHTML.
Samba is an [[open source software]] re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, released under the GNU General Public License. The name Samba comes from inserting two vowels into the name of the standard protocol used by the Microsoft Windows network file system, "SMB" (Server Message Block).
As of version 3, Samba not only provides file and print services for various Microsoft [[Windows]] clients but can also integrate with a Windows Server domain, either as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or as a Domain Member. It can also be part of an Active Directory domain. Samba runs on most Unix and Unix-like systems, such as Linux, Solaris, and the [[BSD]] variants, including Apple's Mac [[OSX]] Server (which was added to the Mac OS X client in version 10.2). Samba is standard on nearly all distributions of Linux and is commonly included as a basic system service on other Unix-based operating systems as well.
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Gallito Comics gathered a generation of young artists born around the now-mythical year of 1968: Ricardo Peláez, Édgar Clément, José Quintero and Frik joined forces to create an artistic collective called Taller del Perro (or the "dog's workshop") to concentrate forces in the creation of comics and in touring the country giving practical and theoretical courses on comics to the younger generations.
El Taller del Perro, then, has also worked as an artistic laboratory functioning as a cultural and ideological trench which fights for the recognition of the //historieta// language as a legitimate artistic and narrative medium via the creation of independent-spirited comics and comic-strips both in self-published trade paper-backs and in national and local periodicals. Younger talents have taken their courses and workshops, publishing later their own mini-comics and fanzines; already-publishing comic book authors who learnt to understand //historietas// through their work visit the Perro headquarters continually to discuss comics and contribute in mutual and individual //historieta//-related projects.
http://www.ilustracionmexico.org/perro01.html
Based in Tijuana and part of a 10-store organization, The Medicine Store has been providing an international clientele with quality pharmaceutical products and services at a competitive price for over 9 years.
http://www.baja-web.com/tijuana/med-store/main.html
Tijuana is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the Municipality of Tijuana.
Hilly Tijuana is the westernmost city in Latin America as well as one of the northernmost cities. For this reason Tijuana is referred to as the corner of México and/or Latin America. The city stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, adjacent to San Diego County, California, United States to the north. Although population figures are considered as official, yearly entries of large numbers of mostly-national —but also third-country transnational— migrants conform vast squatter sprawls amongst endless hills, complicating population counting.
The city's motto is "Aquí empieza la patria". The Mexican government actually translates it as "Gateway to Mexico", but the literal translation is "The homeland starts here." It is also sometimes known as the "Most visited city in the world," owing to its proximity to the world's busiest border crossing.
It is sometimes considered a mix of Mexico's good and bad: known for its economic prosperity, eclectic arts scene, popular night clubs, and shopping areas, Tijuana is also considered to be Mexico's biggest illicit drug and prostitution center, with high kidnapping rates.
Located in sunny San Diego during September for the past 7 years, ToorCon has been providing a meeting place for many of the top hackers and security professionals from all around the world to get together and discuss today's bleeding edge issues. ToorCon's main goal is to provide a low cost conference with a high quality atmosphere.
http://www.toorcon.org/
Non-linear editing for film and television postproduction, a modern editing method, involves being able to access a frame in a video clip with the same ease as any other. This method was inherent in the cut and glue world of film editing from the beginning but, in the world of analogue film, editing was a destructive process. It was also linear. Non linear, non-destructive methods began to appear with the first digital images.
Video and sound are first digitised to hard disks, either recorded directly to disk or imported to disk from another source. Once on disk they can be edited on a computer using software such as Vegas Video, Pinnacle Liquid Edition, Thomson Grass Valley, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Lightworks, Adobe Premiere or Cinelerra.
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the web site. The name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Its primary servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul.
Wikipedia was launched as the English Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, as a complement to Nupedia, an expert-written and now defunct encyclopedia. The project is now operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Jimmy Wales who is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has approximately six million articles in 250 languages, 1.7 million of which are in the English edition. It has steadily risen in popularity since its inception, and currently ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide.
Microsoft Windows refers to a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers.
2004-2007 Illustrator, Systems Administrator [[Maxell de México]]
2004-2004 [[Video Editor|Video Editing]], DLF Digital
2003-2004 --Autodidactic Interval--
2000-2002 Graphic Consultant, DachbodenLabs
2000-2001 Graphic Designer, [[Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura]]
2000-2001 ActionScript Consultant, Worldnet ~WebDesign Tijuana ^^(ceased operations 2002)^^
1999-2000 Graphic Designer, El Taller: Centro de Diseño y Cómputo ^^(ceased operations 2002)^^
1998-1999 Tech Support, [[The Medicine Store]]
1996-1998 Printing Assistant and Graphic Designer, Arsecom Printing ^^(ceased operations 1999)^^
1994-1995 Editor, "Laiko" [[Fanzine]]
1993-1995 DJ's Assistant, [[Radio Tecnológico]] 88.7 FM
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Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain ASCII without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format, SGML or XML using a publicly available DTD, and standard-conforming simple HTML, PostScript or PDF designed for human modification. Examples of transparent image formats include PNG, XCF and JPG. Opaque formats include proprietary formats that can be read and edited only by proprietary word processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or processing tools are not generally available, and the machine-generated HTML, PostScript or PDF produced by some word processors for output purposes only.
The "Title Page" means, for a printed book, the title page itself, plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material this License requires to appear in the title page. For works in formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title Page" means the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title, preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
A section "Entitled XYZ" means a named subunit of the Document whose title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following text that translates XYZ in another language. (Here XYZ stands for a specific section name mentioned below, such as "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", "Endorsements", or "History".) To "Preserve the Title" of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a section "Entitled XYZ" according to this definition.
The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which states that this License applies to the Document. These Warranty Disclaimers are considered to be included by reference in this License, but only as regards disclaiming warranties: any other implication that these Warranty Disclaimers may have is void and has no effect on the meaning of this License.
2. VERBATIM COPYING
You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3.
You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and you may publicly display copies.
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and the Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on the back cover. Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify you as the publisher of these copies. The front cover must present the full title with all words of the title equally prominent and visible. You may add other material on the covers in addition. Copying with changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve the title of the Document and satisfy these conditions, can be treated as verbatim copying in other respects.
If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent pages.
If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable Transparent copy along with each Opaque copy, or state in or with each Opaque copy a computer-network location from which the general network-using public has access to download using public-standard network protocols a complete Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material. If you use the latter option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you begin distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated location until at least one year after the last time you distribute an Opaque copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that edition to the public.
It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to give them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document.
4. MODIFICATIONS
You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version:
* A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct from that of the Document, and from those of previous versions (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section of the Document). You may use the same title as a previous version if the original publisher of that version gives permission.
* B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five), unless they release you from this requirement.
* C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the Modified Version, as the publisher.
* D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.
* E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications adjacent to the other copyright notices.
* F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.
* G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.
* H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
* I. Preserve the section Entitled "History", Preserve its Title, and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If there is no section Entitled "History" in the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in the previous sentence.
* J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise the network locations given in the Document for previous versions it was based on. These may be placed in the "History" section. You may omit a network location for a work that was published at least four years before the Document itself, or if the original publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.
* K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications", Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and/or dedications given therein.
* L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document, unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.
* M. Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements". Such a section may not be included in the Modified Version.
* N. Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled "Endorsements" or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.
* O. Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers.
If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice. These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
You may add a section Entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text has been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a standard.
You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.
The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
You may combine the Document with other documents released under this License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its license notice, and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers.
The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but different contents, make the title of each such section unique by adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number. Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled "History" in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled "History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled "Acknowledgements", and any sections Entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections Entitled "Endorsements."
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects.
You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the copyright resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit. When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves derivative works of the Document.
If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form. Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole aggregate.
8. TRANSLATION
Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4. Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special permission from their copyright holders, but you may include translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a translation of this License, and all the license notices in the Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also include the original English version of this License and the original versions of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between the translation and the original version of this License or a notice or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.
If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual title.
9. TERMINATION
You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/.
Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.
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Open-source software generally allows software developers to make a new versions of the software, port it to new operating systems and processor architectures, share it with others or market it. The aim of open source is to let the product be more understandable, modifiable, duplicatable, or simply accessible, while keeping it marketable.
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