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 ===What is POV-Ray?===
 <p>
-POV-Ray&trade; is short for the Persistence of Vision&trade; Raytracer, a tool for producing
+POV-Ray&trade; is short for the Persistence of Vision Raytracer&trade;, a tool for producing
 high-quality computer graphics. POV-Ray is Free Software (as per the definition of the Free
 Software Foundation) as its source code is licensed under the

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 <p>
 POV-Ray&trade; is short for the Persistence of Vision&trade; Raytracer, a tool for producing
-high-quality computer graphics. POV-Ray&trade; is copyrighted freeware, that is to say, we,
+high-quality computer graphics. POV-Ray is Free Software (as per the definition of the Free
-the authors, retain all rights and copyright over the program, but that we permit you to use
+Software Foundation) as its source code is licensed under the
-it for no charge, subject to the conditions stated in our license, which should be in the
+[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html Affero General Public License] (AGPL).
 </p>
 <p>
 Without a doubt, POV-Ray is the worlds most popular raytracer. From our website alone we see
-well over 100,000 downloads per year, and this of course doesn't count the copies that are
+several hundred thousand downloads per year, and this of course doesn't count the copies that are
 obtained from our mirror sites, other internet sites, on CD-ROM, or from persons sharing their
 copies.

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 text files (POV-Ray scripts) to describe the scene: camera, lights, and various
 objects.  An extensive discussion of the
-<!--<linkto "Scene Description Language">POV-Ray Scene Description Language</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Reference Section 2#Scene Description Language|POV-Ray Scene Description Language]]
+<!--<linkto "Scene Description Language">POV-Ray Scene Description Language</linkto>--->[[Reference:Scene Description Language|POV-Ray Scene Description Language]]
 can be found elsewhere in this documentation.
 </p>

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 <!--<sectiondesc desc=<"Unix specific">--->
-<!--<indexentry "Using POV-Ray for Unix">--->
+{{#indexentry:Using POV-Ray for Unix}}
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 We, the developers, have seen images that were rendered using our software that we at first
 thought were photographs - they were that realistic.</p>
-<p class="Note"></strong>Note:</strong> Photo-realism is an advanced skill; one that takes some practice to develop.</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Photo-realism is an advanced skill; one that takes some practice to develop.</p>
 ===What is POV-Ray for Unix?===

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 Of course, the most important factor is image quality, and in the right hands, POV-Ray has it.
 We, the developers, have seen images that were rendered using our software that we at first
-thought were photographs - they were that realistic. (Note that photo-realism is an advanced
+thought were photographs - they were that realistic.</p>
-skill; one that takes some practice to develop).
+<p class="Note"></strong>Note:</strong> Photo-realism is an advanced skill; one that takes some practice to develop.</p>
 ===What is POV-Ray for Unix?===
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 ===... And What Is It Not?===
 <p>
-POV-Ray for Unix is not a modeller. It will not let you design scenes graphically
+POV-Ray for Unix is not a modeler. It will not let you design scenes graphically
 on-screen. There are several shareware and freeware programs available for this purpose. To
 write or modify POV-Ray scenes you just edit the actual text file containing the commands.

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-===Introduction===
+==Introduction==
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