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