6. Boilerplate License
Here is a sample copyright notice and "boilerplate" license you may want to use for your work:
Copyright (c) 2000 by John Doe (change to your name)
Please freely copy and distribute (sell or give away) this document in any format. It's requested that corrections and/or comments be fowarded to the document maintainer. You may create a derivative work and distribute it provided that you:
1. Send your derivative work (in the most suitable format such as sgml) to the LDP (Linux Documentation Project) or the like for posting on the Internet. If not the LDP, then let the LDP know where it is available.
2. License the derivative work with this same license or use GPL. Include a copyright notice and at least a pointer to the license ...
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