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- <chapter id="copyright">
-  <title>Copyright, distribution, version history</title>
-
-  <simpara>
-   PHP is copyright (C) 1997 the PHP Development Team.  The
-   members of this team are listed in the CREDITS file that comes with
-   the PHP source distribution.</simpara>
-
-  <simpara>
-   PHP 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 of the License, or (at your
-   option) any later version.</simpara>
-
-  <simpara>
-   PHP 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.</simpara>
-
-  <simpara>
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.</simpara>
-
- </chapter>
-
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