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+  <legalnotice id="legalnotice">
+	<para>
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+	  a copy of the GFDL at this <ulink type="help"
+	  url="ghelp:fdl">link</ulink> or in the file COPYING-DOCS
+	  distributed with this manual.
+         </para>
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+	</para>
+
+	<para>
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+
+	<para>
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+
+	  <orderedlist>
+		<listitem>
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+		<listitem>
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+  </legalnotice>
+