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The original text of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is in
the public domain.
However, the eBook version from Project Gutenberg is non-free due to
restrictions on commercial use (specifically clauses 1.E.7, 1.E.8, and
1.E.9 of the Project Gutenberg License).
To make this file free, this commit removes all references to the Project
Gutenberg in accordance with clause 1.C of the Project Gutenberg License.
Full text of the Project Gutenberg License:
https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html#the-full-project-gutenberg-license-in-legalese-normative
Legal references:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2025/03/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/03/msg00229.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2017/08/msg00001.html
Signed-off-by: Jongmin Kim <jmkim@debian.org>
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Dear maintainers,
About the testdata _examples/Mark.Twain-Tom.Sawyer.txt,
The original text of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is in the public domain.
However, the eBook version from Project Gutenberg is non-free due to restrictions on commercial use, specifically clauses 1.E.7, 1.E.8, and 1.E.9 of the Project Gutenberg License.
To make this file free, this commit removes all references to the Project Gutenberg, in accordance with clause 1.C of the Project Gutenberg License.
Full text of the Project Gutenberg License:
Legal references: