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+[[license text="""
+Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
+terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version
+published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
+Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included
+in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl.txt]].
+
+By contributing to this page, you agree to assign copyright for your
+contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation
+promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a free
+documentation license when publishing your contribution. We grant you back all
+your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and
+redistribute your contributions.
+"""]]
+
A capability is a protected reference. It is a reference in that
it designates an object; it is protected in that in cannot be
forged. A capabilities both designates the object it refers to and
@@ -20,4 +37,4 @@ always bound together, these problems are avoided.
Unix file descriptors can be viewed as capabilities. Unix file
descriptors do not survive reboot, that is, they are not
[[persistent]]. To work around this, [[ACL]]s are used to
-recover authority. \ No newline at end of file
+recover authority.