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The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically confer | = | |
exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the creator and | = | |
subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an original work of | = | |
authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work"). | = | |
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Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work for the | = | |
purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and scientific | = | |
works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without fear of later | = | |
claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other works, reuse | = | |
and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever and for any | = | |
purposes, including without limitation commercial purposes. These owners may | = | |
contribute to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free culture and the | = | |
further production of creative, cultural and scientific works, or to gain | = | |
reputation or greater distribution for their Work in part through the use and | = | |
efforts of others. | = | |
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For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any expectation | = | |
of additional consideration or compensation, the person associating CC0 with a | = | |
Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she is an owner of Copyright | = | |
and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily elects to apply CC0 to the Work | = | |
and publicly distribute the Work under its terms, with knowledge of his or her | = | |
Copyright and Related Rights in the Work and the meaning and intended legal | = | |
effect of CC0 on those rights. | = | |
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1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under CC0 may be | = | |
protected by copyright and related or neighboring rights ("Copyright and | = | |
Related Rights"). Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not limited | = | |
to, the following: | = | |
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i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display, communicate, | = | |
and translate a Work; | = | |
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ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or performer(s); | = | |
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iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or likeness | = | |
depicted in a Work; | = | |
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iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work, | = | |
subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below; | = | |
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v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data in | = | |
a Work; | = | |
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vi. database rights (such as those arising under Directive 96/9/EC of the | = | |
European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal | = | |
protection of databases, and under any national implementation thereof, | = | |
including any amended or successor version of such directive); and | = | |
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vii. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout the world | = | |
based on applicable law or treaty, and any national implementations thereof. | = | |
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2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in contravention of, | = | |
applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, permanently, irrevocably and | = | |
unconditionally waives, abandons, and surrenders all of Affirmer's Copyright | = | |
and Related Rights and associated claims and causes of action, whether now | = | |
known or unknown (including existing as well as future claims and causes of | = | |
action), in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the maximum | = | |
duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including future time | = | |
extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for any number of | = | |
copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation | = | |
commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the "Waiver"). Affirmer makes | = | |
the Waiver for the benefit of each member of the public at large and to the | = | |
detriment of Affirmer's heirs and successors, fully intending that such Waiver | = | |
shall not be subject to revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or | = | |
any other legal or equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work | = | |
by the public as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. | = | |
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3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any reason be | = | |
judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, then the Waiver | = | |
shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted taking into account | = | |
Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the extent the Waiver | = | |
is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected person a royalty-free, | = | |
non transferable, non sublicensable, non exclusive, irrevocable and | = | |
unconditional license to exercise Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights in | = | |
the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration | = | |
provided by applicable law or treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) | = | |
in any current or future medium and for any number of copies, and (iv) for any | = | |
purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or | = | |
promotional purposes (the "License"). The License shall be deemed effective as | = | |
of the date CC0 was applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of the | = | |
License for any reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under | = | |
applicable law, such partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not | = | |
invalidate the remainder of the License, and in such case Affirmer hereby | = | |
affirms that he or she will not (i) exercise any of his or her remaining | = | |
Copyright and Related Rights in the Work or (ii) assert any associated claims | = | |
and causes of action with respect to the Work, in either case contrary to | = | |
Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. | = | |
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4. Limitations and Disclaimers. | = | |
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a. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned, | = | |
surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document. | = | |
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b. Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or warranties | = | |
of any kind concerning the Work, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, | = | |
including without limitation warranties of title, merchantability, fitness | = | |
for a particular purpose, non infringement, or the absence of latent or | = | |
other defects, accuracy, or the present or absence of errors, whether or not | = | |
discoverable, all to the greatest extent permissible under applicable law. | = | |
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c. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other persons | = | |
that may apply to the Work or any use thereof, including without limitation | = | |
any person's Copyright and Related Rights in the Work. Further, Affirmer | = | |
disclaims responsibility for obtaining any necessary consents, permissions | = | |
or other rights required for any use of the Work. | = | |
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d. Affirmer understands and acknowledges that Creative Commons is not a | = | |
party to this document and has no duty or obligation with respect to this | = | |
CC0 or use of the Work. | = | |
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