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This statement was on the original page "(p.s. this text is in the public domain, since I don't like the GNU Non-Free Documentation License)". I'm afraid that's not possible here; we need all contributions to be licenseable under the GFDL, and for copyright to be assigned to the FSF. I've removed this statement. The original contribution may need to be removed as well, if this is disagreeable to the contributor. --johns 16:55, 1 February 2006 (EST)

The public domain is quite compatible with the GFDL, so no legal problem.