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+The way to assign copyright on this manual to the Foundation is to
+sign an assignment contract.
+
+In addition, if you have made an agreement with an employer or school
+to give them rights to such work, or if it might be considered part of
+your job, then you and we need a signed piece of paper from your
+employer or school, disclaiming rights to the manual.
+
+The disclaimer should be signed by a vice president or general manager
+of the company. If you can't get at them, anyone else authorized to
+license works produced there will do. Here is a sample wording:
+
+ Digital Stimulation Corporation hereby disclaims all copyright interest
+ in the manual, "The Automatic Manual", written by Mr. Write, including
+ both the present version of the manual and his/her future changes and
+ enhancements to it. We do not consider it or them as a work made
+ for hire for us.
+
+ <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1987
+ Ty Coon, President of Vice, Digital Stimulation Corp.
+
+IMPORTANT: When you talk to your employer, *no matter what
+instructions they have given you*, don't fail to show them the sample
+disclaimer above. Companies are usually willing to sign a disclaimer
+without any fuss. If you vary the request, or make it less specific,
+you are liable to open a Pandora's Box and cause a long and
+unnecessary delay.
+
+Below is the assignment contract that we usually use. You would need
+to print it out, sign it, and snail it to me:
+
+Richard Stallman
+77 Mass Ave rm 32-381
+Cambridge MA 02139
+USA
+
+Snail me a copy of the employer's disclaimer as well.
+
+Please send me email about what you decide to do. If you have any
+questions, or would like something to be changed, ask me via email.
+ ASSIGNMENT
+
+ For $1 and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which I
+acknowledge, I, NAME OF PERSON, hereby transfer to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") my entire right, title, and interest
+(including all rights under copyright) in my manual "NAME OF MANUAL" (the
+"Work"), subject to the conditions below. The work hereby assigned shall
+further include any future changes and/or enhancements hereafter made by me.
+
+ Upon thirty days' prior written notice, the Foundation agrees to grant me
+non-exclusive rights to use the Work as I see fit; (and the Foundation's
+rights shall otherwise continue unchanged).
+
+ For the purposes of this contract, a work "based on the Work" means any
+work that in whole or in part incorporates or is derived from all or part of
+the Work.
+
+ The Foundation promises that all distribution of the Work, or of any
+work "based on the Work", that takes place under the control of the
+Foundation or its agents or assignees, shall be on terms that explicitly and
+perpetually permit anyone possessing a copy of the work to which the terms
+apply, and possessing accurate notice of these terms, to redistribute copies
+of the work to anyone on the same terms. These terms shall not restrict which
+members of the public copies may be distributed to. These terms shall not
+require a member of the public to pay any royalty to the Foundation or to
+anyone else for any permitted use of the work they apply to, or to communicate
+with the Foundation or its agents in any way either when redistribution is
+performed or on any other occasion.
+
+ The Foundation promises that any work "based on the Work" which is
+a program, and which is offered to the public by the Foundation or its
+agents or assignees, shall be offered in the form of machine-readable
+source code, in addition to any other forms of the Foundation's
+choosing. However, the Foundation is free to choose at its
+convenience the media of distribution for machine-readable source
+code.
+
+ The Foundation promises to give or send me, upon reasonable prior notice
+and payment of a fee no more than twenty times the cost of the necessary
+materials and postage, a copy of any or all of the works "based on the
+Work" that it offers to the public or that it has offered within the past
+six months, or that it distributed for the first time within the past six
+months. For works that are programs, the machine-readable source code shall
+be included. My request shall detail whether I wish to receive all such works
+or specific works. My choice of works to request may affect the cost and
+therefore the fee.
+
+ I hereby represent and warrant that I am the sole copyright holder for the
+Work and that I have the right and power to enter into this contract. I
+hereby indemnify and hold harmless the Foundation, its officers, employees,
+and agents against any and all claims, actions or damages (including
+attorney's reasonable fees) asserted by or paid to any party on account of a
+breach or alleged breach of the foregoing warranty. I make no other express
+or implied warranty (including without limitation, in this disclaimer of
+warranty, any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE).
+
+Agreed: [signature and date]
+
+
+
+ACCEPTED: FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION - Thanks for contributing to the GNU project!
+
+Richard M. Stallman, President
+
+Please write down the answers to these questions, and snail this page
+with your assignment.
+
+[For the copyright registration, what country are you a citizen of?]
+
+
+[What year were you born?]
+
+
+[What is your email address?]
+
+
+[Please write your snail address here, so we can snail a copy back to you.]