Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul , also known as Cruz Azul , is one of the most successful clubs in Latin America, Mexican professional fútbol (soccer) club. Cruz Azul plays in the Primera División de México and its home venue is the Estadio Azul, located in the southwestern part of Mexico City in the Colonia Nochebuena, next to the Napoles neighborhood. The team moved there in 1996, after playing for many seasons at the Estadio Azteca. Los Cementeros are traditionally one of the biggest and most successful teams in Mexico; they have been the Primera División champions 8 times and trail only Toluca with 9, Club América with 10, and Guadalajara with 11. Cruz Azul was also the first and only Mexican or CONCACAF team to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores when they lost on penalties to Argentine football giants Boca Juniors. Currently the clubs jerseys and sportswear, are being provided by the traditional English trademark Umbro. Cruz Azul is ranked 69th in the IFFHS rankings of May 2009 and is the 2nd ranked team among CONCACAF behind Chivas.

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History

Cruz Azul was founded as an amateur team on May 22, 1927 by the workers of the cement makers.Cemento Cruz Azul and Macario Acosta, located on the town of Jasso, Hidalgo. Cemento Cruz Azul still sponsors the team, although sponsorship is currently shared with: Umbro, the official sportswear of the team, Powerade,an energy drink from Coca-Cola,Telcel, and Sony.

Guillermo Álvarez Marcia and Carlos Garcés were the main figures behind the creation effort and the quick success of the team, which frequently represented the state of Hidalgo in national amateur tournaments.

From 1927 to 1960, the amateur team played many times in Mexico City, against the reserve squads of established professional teams such as Club Aguilitas, Necaxa, Atlante F.C., Asturias and Marte. Considering the increasing success of the team, the new administration of the cement company (which changed its name to "Cooperativa Cruz Azul") decided in 1960 to build a stadium in Jasso, the Estadio 10 de Diciembre, and officially registered the team on the professional ascent division, the Segunda División for the 1960-61 season.

By 1964, under the Hungarian coach Jorge Marik, the team won the Segunda División championship, earning the right to play the following season in the highest circuit of professional football in Mexico, the Primera División.

That first season ended with an eighth place finish and increased hopes for the future. Just 4 years later, Cruz Azul won its first league tournament, under coach Raúl Cárdenas.

Cruz Azul became the most successful Mexican team of the 1970s, winning the league tournament 6 times between 1970 and 1980, four of them under Raúl Cárdenas, and the last two with Ignacio Trelles at the helm. Such dominance earned them the nickname La Máquina (The Machine), which is still used as the unofficial nickname of the team.

1997 brought the team its eighth and most recent championship during the Invierno 1997 tournament under coach Luis Fernando Tena, beating Leon by a score of 2-1 winning in the very last minute in a penalty scored by Carlos Hermosillo, making this the youngest team to win eight championships in less than 40 years. In 2008, Cruz Azul played the 3 final matches. The first was against Club America in the Interliga where they lost in penalties. Another against Santos Laguna in the final of the 2008 Clausura. And the last match was against Deportivo Toluca F.C. losing in penalties.

The Championships (The 8 Stars)

Just 5 years after it ascended to the First Division, Cruz Azul won its first league championship in a series of eight, mostly from the mid-70's.

First Star: "1968-69"

Cruz Azul said the leadership and thus get its first league title by defeating the Leon as a visitor for 3 to 2. The goals made the cement Fernando Bustos ('8), Antonio Munguía (19 ') and an own goal from leonés Efrain Loza ('47).

Date: February 2, 1969.

Second Star: "México 1970"

After being the runner-up last season, Cruz Azul was able to be awarded with the title again by winning the final round of this tournament, which was divided into two parts. In the first phase was able to classify as a third place in the "Pairs" crowned after the final day to defeat Pachuca on the "Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul" on Hidalgo State, by 2 to 0. For the celestial them only enough to secure the tie crown, but finally won the game to do it with class. The goals were set by Octavio Muciño (64) Pat and Rafael Hernández (71 ').

Date: October 11, 1970.

Third Star: "1971-72"

In the second tournament, where the champion is defined by round matches, Cruz Azul won its third crown since winning the final who would become his fiercest rival, the Club America. This was the first season of the club playing at home in the Azteca Stadium, where for the first time using foreign elements in the template. Cruz Azul ended up as leader of the competition faced in the semifinals round of Guadalajara, although lost in the return encounter Azteca 1-0, turned in the Jalisco stadium 2-0 to reach the final. By the fact that America had defined its semifinal series against Monterrey extra to a third party, by mutual agreement of the two finalists was decided to perform one final game. Despite having a minority of fans, Cruz Azul won overwhelming azulcrema the table by a devastating 4 to 1. Following this final, was conceived a strong rivalry between the two squads, which led the Mexican "Youth Classic" match. The goals were converted by Blue Hector Pulido ('10), Cesareo Victorino ('28) and Octavio Muciño (36 'and'46). The final would be a watershed in the history of cement, since beginning the golden age of the club.

Date: July 9, 1972.

Fourth Star: "1972-73"

Cruz Azul gets "el bicampeonato" (two championships in a row), again finishing as the overall leader, with the semifinals to rival Atlas. Completed in the first leg at the Jalisco stadium celestial bandwagon by 3 to 2, in turn repeat the victory by 1 to 0. It should be noted that this match would be suspended just 35 minutes of the game because of the Atlas 5 players were ejected. The final against Leon would be highly disputed, as it would have to define a third party in the Cuauhtemoc stadium in Puebla. The way (in Leon) ended with a tie at 1 and round match without goals but the third game ended in a tie again with a goal in regular time. Finally, in overtime win thanks to a Cruz Azul's own goal "Tarzan" Davino. The scorers were carried blue Javier Guzman ('40) and the own goal by Jorge Davino ('114).

Date: June 19, 1973.

Fifth Star: "1973-74"

With this title Cruz Azul achieves "el tricampeonato" (three championships in a row), strongly throughout the regular season and league. For a change, it ends up as leader of the regular competition and eliminated in the semifinals Puebla, although rescued a draw at home to one in the back appalled at the Cruz Azul of the Strip with severe win 6 to 1. At the end facing the junior team Club Atlético Español, who manages to defeat the blue in-game trip for 2 to 1. But in return, the machine clearly won by 3 to 0 for crowns, both games were held on the Azteca stadium. The final goal of the game were given by Horacio López Salgado ('13), Fernando Bustos ('70) and Ignacio Flores ('89).

Date: May 19, 1974.

Sixth Star: "1978-79"

After a waiting period of 4 years, Cruz Azul was back to the league champions. Finishing as overall leader, ranks in the postseason round of group round robin (all against all), his pass to win the grand final. At this stage of the league faced America (0-1 and 2-1), Toluca (1-0 and 1-0) and Atlético Potosino (2-1 and 2-2) to classify the final against the Pumas UNAM. In the way of Pumas Stadium, was a tie without goals, and in turn in the Cruz Azul Azteca wins by 2 to 0 for their sixth league title. The annotations were made by Carlos Jara Saguier ('69) and Javier López Malo ('88).

Date: June 30, 1979.

Seventh Star: "1979-80"

With this new "el bicampeonato" (Two Titles in a row), Cruz Azul close a glorious era in its short history then. This time, classified as second place overall (bottom of America), and within the group stage of cement prefinalista the head table to be on the Coyotes in Neza (1-0 and 1-0), Tampico (1-0 and 0 -1) and Atlante (4-2 and 1-3) to enter the fight for the title against the UANL Tigres. On the first match, a goal scored by a free kick, by Rodolfo Montoya, at the last minutes of the match, give Cruz Azul a win as visitors. Finally, this difference was that both the balance tilted in favor of the machine, because at the turn of the Azteca stadium ended the scoring with a thrilling tie at 3 annotations. In fact, Cruz Azul, would have an advantage of 3 to 0, but was hit by the north, which, however, was a step away from forcing extra time. The entries in this match were given by Adrian Camacho ('5) and Rodolfo Montoya ('10 and'56).

Date: July 13, 1980.

Eighth Star: "Invierno 1997" ("Winter League '97")

Cruz Azul lived a long wait to win another league title, and he arrived 17 years after the third "short" tournament. Finished as the second site (a point downstream of Leon) and the league office in the quarter-finals Atlas (1-0 and 4-1 in Jalisco in Blue), and in the semifinal at Atlante (1-1 in 1-0 at the Azteca and the Estadio Azul), to face Leon in a highly contested final round. In the return game in the Blue, the machine takes the advantage with a penalty kick scored by Benjamin Galindo. In the return made on the stadium Camp Nou, the emerald team achieves a draw on the combined result 1-1 (home and away match) by Missael Espinoza, forcing extra time period. Already in the extension, the move ultimately will be remembered by: a penalty kick for an aggressive foul ("a kick"), committed by Leon goalkeeper Angel David Comizzo in the face of Carlos Hermosillo, who was playing for having infiltrated two fractured ribs. The penalty was kicked by the very Hermosillo, at the minute '100, and scores, and with the approach of Golden Goal, Cruz Azul wins its eighth crown.

Date: December 7, 1997.

Copa Libertadores 2001

In 2001, Cruz Azul was invited to a tournament between some Mexican and Venezuelan teams. The two best teams of this tournament earned the right to play in the Copa Libertadores, a tournament of the all the best teams of South America. Cruz Azul qualified for the Copa Libertadores in its first try, and reached the final match. Cruz Azul was placed in Group 7 along with teams such as Sao Caetano, Defensor Sporting, and Olmedo. Cruz Azul finished leader of the group with 13 points. In the round of 16 Cruz Azul faced Cerro Porteño. The first leg was played in Asunción and Cruz Azul lost 2-1. The second leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won the game 3-1. The aggregate score was 4-3 in favor of Cruz Azul and they moved on to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Cruz Azul faced CA River Plate of Argentina. The first leg of the match was played in Buenos Aires and ended in a 0-0 draw. The second leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won 3-0. Cruz Azul was having a great run and played Rosario Central in the semifinals. The first leg was played in Mexico and Cruz Azul won the game 2-0. The second leg was played in Rosario in a very exciting match which ended in a 3-3 draw in favor of Cruz Azul due to the 2-0 victory in the first leg. In the final match, Cruz Azul played against the Argentinian club Boca Juniors, Cruz Azul lost at home the first leg 1-0, but came back to win the second leg with the same score, at Boca's stadium La Bombonera. Until then, no team had ever won a Copa Libertadores final match there. After the overtime due to the tie, the championship was decided by penalty kicks, where the more experienced Boca Juniors prevailed. Still, Cruz Azul surprised everybody with the unprecedented feat of reaching the final on their first try by defeating established Brazilian and Argentinian teams such as Sao Caetano, Rosario Central and CA River Plate.

2006-2007

In the 2006 Apertura, the team started off great but in the middle of the season, they had a hard time adding points on the board. Cruz Azul recovered and finished the regular season as the points leader. They have not won a title since the championship they won against Leon in 1997. For the Apertura 2006, Cruz Azul made it to the quarterfinals and faced Chivas in the Estadio Jalisco. In the first leg, Cruz Azul played a very poor game and lost 2-0. On November 25, 2006 Cruz Azul played the second leg at Estadio Azul and played a brilliant game. Cruz Azul started off strong and put Chivas keeper Oswaldo Sanchez to the test on many occasions. In the middle of the first half, defender Salvador Carmona pushed a Chivas player in the penalty area and cost Cruz Azul a penalty.Ramon Morales had no problem and put the score 1-0 in favor of Chivas in the 39th minute. Cruz Azul kept creating opportunities and at the end of the first half, Cesar Delgado made a great play that Richard Nunez finished with a goal to tie the game right before halftime in the 45th minute. In the second half, Chivas scored thanks to Ramon Morales again to put the score 2-1 in favor of Chivas. Cruz Azul did not give up and Miguel Sabah tied the game 2-2 in the 62nd minute. Cruz Azul played a great game and ended up tying the game 2-2 but losing 4-2 on aggregate.

In the 2007 Clausura the team had a great start, finishing among the first 8 teams in the league that went to playoffs. The team had a great quarterfinal series against the Tecos of the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, thanks to two magnificent goals from striker Richard Nuñez and moved to semifinals against Pachuca FC, the top team in the league. Pachuca beat Cruz Azul in the Estadio Azul in the first leg of the series with a strong 3-1. Cruz Azul still had a chance to overcome the adverse score, but on that same evening, the Court of Arbitration for Sport communicated that team captain Salvador Carmona was declared ineligible with immediate and lifetime effect, because of a repeated doping indiscipline that occurred back in January 2006. The sanction was dated May 18 2007, the very day of the first match against Pachuca. Arguing that player Salvador Carmona did play on that day for Cruz Azul, the Mexican Soccer Federation, aka Federacion Mexicana de Futbol sanctioned Cruz Azul by suspending the team one game from competition, under the argument of aligning an ineligible player. Many legal arguments have been raised by both the player's lawyer and Cruz Azul, but the sanction stood and Cruz Azul lost its opportunity to overcome the 3-1 and go to the final series against America. Cruz Azul had one of the best season of their victory against Mexiel.

Clausura 2008

In the Clausura the team made a great tournament, finishing in third place. The team won 9 games, draw 4 times and lost only 4 times. In quarterfinals they played against Jaguares losing 1-0 in the first leg and winning 2-1 in the second leg with goals of Pablo Zeballos and Miguel Sabah. They moved to semifinals against San Luis, the first leg was played in San Luis and Cruz Azul won 0-1 with a goal of Miguel Sabah. In the second leg, Cruz Azul and San Luis played a formidable match that ended 1-1 with goals of Eduardo Coudet and Pablo Zeballos. In the final, Cruz Azul played against Santos Laguna, second place in the tournament. The first leg ended 1-2 with a victory for Santos, and in the second leg a 1-1 make Laguna team champions.

Apertura 2008

In the Apertura the team made a good tournament, finishing in 5th place on the Mexican league. The team won 7 games, draw 5 times and lost only 5 times. In quarterfinals they played against Pumas UNAM with a 0-0 in the first leg on the "Estadio Azul", and winning 3-1 in the second leg, on the "Estadio Olimpico Unversitario 1968" leaving Pumas on the way. They moved to semifinals against Atlante, the first leg was played in Mexico City, and Cruz Azul won 3-1. In the second leg, Cruz Azul and Atlante played a regular match at Cancun, Quintana Roo, that ended 1-1, giving Cruz Azul the access to the Final for a second time in a row on 2008. In the final, Cruz Azul played against Toluca, both teams tied on wining Mexican titles (at that time with 8 each one). The first leg played on Mexico City, ended with a drastic 0-2 with a victory for visitors, Toluca, and in the second leg played at "Estadio Nemesio Diez", Cruz Azul revert the result, to make a 0-2 result, making a tie on the global score "2-2", as the match was tied, they played "extra times" and the draw continued until going to the "Penalty- Shoot out", where Toluca won 7-6 over Cruz Azul, Alejandro Vela was the Cruz Azul "villian" because he failed the last "penalty shoot-out", another incident before the match went on "extra time", was a clear foul suffered by Villaluz on the Goal area, the toluca player "Jose Manuel Cruz Alta" crashed with the Cruz Azul player, making him uncontious, but the referee didn't mark the foul even the cruz azul player was knocked out, he didn't even take a red card on the toluca player, (unfortunatelly Cruz Azul had made his 3 substitutions, so they ended the match playing with only 10 players, an unfair situation, that interfered directly on the final result of the match) this make Toluca team champions winning their 9 Mexican title, becoming the 3 most winner of Mexican Title. (1.-Guadalajara "11 titles", 2.-America "10 titles", 3.-Toluca "9 titles", 4.-Cruz Azul "8 titles", 5.- Pumas UNAM "6 titles", 6.- Club Leon and Club Pachuca tied with "5 titles").

Clausura 2009

In the Clausura 2009, the team had the worst tournament in club history en route to a last place finish. They accumulated just 13 points from a possible 51 (17 games, wins count 3 points). The team won only 2 games, drew 7 times and lost 8 times. The Club scored 26 goals, but conceded 33, for a total goal difference of -7. The Club did not qualify for the playoffs, or Liguilla. The Club sacked their manager Benjamin Galindo with one game left in the Clausura. He was replaced for the remainder of the season by Robert Siboldi who was then coaching Cruz Azul's affiliate in Hidalgo.

CONCACAF Champions League 08/09

On the CONCACAF Champions League 08/09, The team made a good tournament, on the first stage ended second on the Group A, qualifying to the final stage of playoffs, defeating on the quarter finals, the Mexican team of Pumas UNAM, by 1-0, and the on the semi final round, the played against the Puerto Rico team of Islanders, by "penalty shoot-out" at Mexico City, On the Final, against another Mexican Team, Club Atlante, they had the chance to won their 6th CONCACAF championship, but they lost the first game 0-2, then on Atlante's home they tied 0-0, losing the CONCACAF Champions League 08/09 Title, and also losing the opportunity to participate on the FIFA World Club Cup 2009, on Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

Honors

Domestic

• Primera División de México

:Winners (8): 1968-69, México 1970, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, Invierno 1997.

• Segunda División de México

:Winners (1): 1963-64.

• Copa México

:Winners (2): 1968-69, 1996-97.

• Copa Pachuca

:Winners (1): 2002, 2006.

International

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup / CONCACAF Champions League

:Winners (5): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1996, 1997.

• Copa Libertadores

:Runners-Up (1): 2001.

Minor Trophies

• Campeón de Campeones

:Winners (2): 1968-69, 1972-73.

Friendly Championships

• Copa Teresa Herrera: Fourth place (1):2000, Runners-up (1):2002, Third place (1):2008
• Copa 5 De Mayo (1):2004
• Copa Panamericana 2007 (friendly tournament)
• Copa Cuauhtemoc (1):2008
• Copa Aztex (1):2009

Current Squad

For recent transfers, see List of Mexican football transfers summer 2009.

As of June 30, 2009: Listed on the official website of Cruz Azul. ^[1]

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No. Position Player 16 {{flagicon Rogelio Chávez 18 {{flagicon César Villaluz 19 {{flagicon Alejandro Vela 20 {{flagicon Alejandro Castro 21 {{flagicon Jaime Lozano 22 {{flagicon Adrián Cortés 23 {{flagicon Edgar Gerardo Lugo 25 {{flagicon Yosgart Gutiérrez 27 {{flagicon Javier Orozco 28 {{flagicon Héctor Enrique Gutiérrez 29 {{flagicon Martín Galván 30 {{flagicon Emanuel Villa 31 "> is necessary to avoid the template doc been inside the table built by this template. --> Head coach Assistant coach Eugenio Manuel Villazón Laso Assistant coach Enrique Maximiliano Meza Salinas Assistant coach Jorge Yahir García Romero Physical & Fitness coach Physiotherapist Juan Ernesto Rubio Flores Goalkeepers coach Carlos Roberto Pérez Loarca Source: Relevant Facts of Cruz Azul It is the first and only Mexican team playing in a final of the Copa Santander Libertadores de America (2001). Only Mexican club that has defeated Boca Juniors in the Bombonera visitor (final of the Copa Santander Libertadores of America, 2001). Only Mexican club to have participated in a tournament official of 5 stars in Europe Trofeo Teresa Herrera (2001) and be invited to this tournament three times (2001, 2002 and 2008). It is the second Mexican club with more titles at international level (5 titles in the Copa de Campeones de CONCACAF, plus a runner-Inter's Cup in 1972 and another in the Copa Libertadores de America in 2001). Has the record for most consecutive wins in the history of the First Division of Mexico: 10 wins in the 1971-72 season. Mexican Club (next to Club America) with more titles in the Copa de Campeones de CONCACAF, with 5. Is the Mexican team with the highest number of play off matches played (42) rounds of re-counting. It is the first Mexican team that has won a final with a "Golden Goal" (1997). Winner of the first edition of the 2007 Pan American Cup, defeating Boca Juniors by 3 goals to 1. Is the team that has played league final (13). Is the team that lost league final (7). It is the second team won over end (6) (together with Deportivo Toluca). It is one of the few teams that after promotion, has never stopped playing in the Primera Division de Mexico (Toluca addition, UNAM and UAG) It is the only team that has scored the most goals on a final match (against Club America) to win the league title (4 goals to 1) in the 1971-1972 season. One of the three teams in the history of the First Division of Mexico that have been the champions three times in a row of the league (succeeding in 1971-1972,1972-1973 and 1973-1974), the other two teams are Club America, which it did a decade and after the Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Stadium The team currently plays in Estadio Azul. The stadium is located in Mexico DF. The Federal District owns Estadio Azul. Currently, Cruz Azul training facilities are located at Xochimilco. The team is planning construction of a new stadium, Nuevo Estadio Azul, will be located on same location of the current stadium after it is demolished, in 2010 with a 38,418 capacity. Top Goalscorers Player Country Period Goals Carlos Hermosillo México 1991-1998 169 Horacio López Salgado México 1971-1979 133 Francisco Palencia * México 1994-2001 89 Fernando Bustos México 1964-1976 87 Eladio Vera México 1971-1977 77 Pedro Duana México 1986-1995 66 Adrián Camacho México 1978-1986 63 César Delgado * Argentina 2003-2007 61 Rodolfo Montoya México 1976-1981 54 Octavio Muciño México 1970-1972 51 Agustín Manzo México 1984-1988 50 Carlos Eloir Perucci Argentina 1981-1985 45 Héctor Pulido México 1976-1981 44 Miguel Sabah * México 2006-2008 42 Carlos Jara Saguier Paraguay 1981-1985 40 Sebastián Abreu * Uruguay 2002-2003 37 Francisco Fonseca * México 2005-2006 25 Luciano Figueroa * Argentina 2004 21 (*) Active Player Tournament Top Scorers Horacio López Salgado 25 Goles in "1974-75" Carlos Hermosillo 27 Goals in "1993-94" Carlos Hermosillo 35 Goals in "1994-95" Carlos Hermosillo 26 Goals in "1995-96" Sebastián Abreu 19 Goals in "Verano 2002" Club Nicknames Cruz Azul has a rich variety of nicknames that throughout its history, listed chronologically: "Cementeros ("Cement Makers)" : By descent from the Cruz Azul Cement Manufacturers, the first name refers to the employees of the company since its beginnings in the team settled for them. Over the years, the concept was extended not only to those who worked in the cooperative, but the construction workers in general. "La Maquina ("The Machine"): This nickname is fed by several sources of inspiration; first was based on a train leaving the old Jasso toward Mexico City. As the team moved to early 70's at the Azteca stadium and showed a football spectacular, dominant and effective, combined with the image of a locomotive that wiped out their rivals on the court. Cruz Azul who baptized with the name of the machine was the chronicler Ángel Fernández Rugama, another possible source of inspiration could be comparing this team with the machinery of River Plate, which existed in the late 40's. The machine's nickname comes derivatives "Máquina Celeste", "Blue Machine" or "Cement Machine". Affiliates Cruz Azul Hidalgo Affiliate team that started playing on Primera Division A. They play on Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, although they moved for a period of time to Lagunas (State of Oaxaca). As of 2009, 14 teenagers were drafted into the first division including Jesus A.Cruz, who ranked 64 in FIFA 08 and #1 in North America and Central America (18), Carlos Sanchez, Rafael "El Chilaquil" Huerta who was voted best stricker (19), Mario Gomez,and Kevin Martinez (18), which are natives from the United States and are Cruz Azul's future, in terms of young stars. Cruz Azul Jasso This affiliate team started participating in torneo Aperura 2006 in the Segunda División Zona Bajío. modified their name because of the now extinct Cruz Azul Oaxaca towards the identity of Hidalgo. Cruz Azul Jasso is the champion of the Segunda División. Cruz Azul Dublan Affiliate team of Cruz Azul for the temporada 2008 - 2009 in Group 5 of the Tercera División playing home games at estadio 10 de Diciembre. Cruz Azul Xochimilco runner up of teams that have rights to ascend from the tercera división in group 6. Cruz Azul Lagunas This affiliate team started and used to play in Segunda División during a long period of time and recently in a restructuring of the team, it was decided that it will occupy a spot in tercera división where it plays in Group 2. They play their home games at estadio Cruz Azul in the city of Lagunas, Oaxaca. References http://cruz-azul.com.mx/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=43 All Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Document License or is otherwise used here in compliance with the Copyright Act