Added a pointer in the distribution section re. more license options.

Added a holder section in references. Will need to dig out some URLs
(easily done).
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<section id="makingcopyright">
<title> Copyright and Licensing issues </title>
<para> In order for an LDP document to be accepted by the LDP,
it must be licensed to conform to the "LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"
it must be licensed to conform to the <quote>LICENSE
REQUIREMENTS</quote>
section of the LDP Manifesto located at <ulink
url="http://www.tldp.org/manifesto.html">http://www.tldp.org/manifesto.html</ulink>.
As an author, you may retain the copyright and add other
restrictions (for example, you must approve any translations or
derivative works). </para>
<para> We recommend using the <ulink
<note><para> We recommend using the <ulink
url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation
License (GFDL)</ulink> or the <ulink
url="http://opencontent.org/openpub/">Open Publication License
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include the license in its entirety in your document. A
DocBook-formatted copy of the license is available in
<xref linkend="templates"/>.
</para>
</para></note>
<para>If you choose to use a boilerplate copyright, simply copy it
into your source code under a section called <quote>Copyright
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from the markup language the Guide was written in) under the GPL. If your
HOWTO includes bits of source code that you want others to use,
you may do the same.</para>
<note><para>
For a more complete list of licenses, please check out the
resources section: <xref linkend="ref-licenses" />.
</para></note>
</section>
<section id="crediting-ack">

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url="http://www.lysator.liu.se/projects/about_psgml.html">Information about PSGML</ulink> for
more generic information about PSGML.
<section id="ref-licenses">
<title>Documentation Licenses</title>
I'd also like to offer more license choices, since some people have
issues with GFDL. I'd like to add OPL and Creative Commons
(non-commercial, preferably) to the list - I noticed something on
licenses in there somewhere.
</section>
</section>
</appendix>