Appendix J. Copyright

The "Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide" is copyright, (c) 2000, by Mendel Cooper. This document may only be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License (version 1.0 or later), http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/. The following license options also apply.

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These are very liberal terms, and they should not hinder any legitimate distribution or use of this book. The author especially encourages the use of this book for instructional purposes.

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