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  <h3>To new Irssi users (not to new IRC users ..)</h3>
 
- <p>Copyright (c) 2000-2002 by Timo Sirainen</p>
+ <p>Copyright (c) 2000-2002 by Timo Sirainen, release under
+    <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">GNU FDL</a> 1.1 license.</p>
 
 
 <p>Index with some FAQ questions that are answered in the chapter:</p>