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1 Creative Commons Legal Code
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3 CC0 1.0 Universal
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5 CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE
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6 LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE AN
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7 ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS
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8 INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES
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9 REGARDING THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS
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10 PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
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11 THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED
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12 HEREUNDER.
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14 Statement of Purpose
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16 The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically confer
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17 exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the creator
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18 and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an original work of
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19 authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").
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21 Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work for
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22 the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and
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23 scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without fear
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24 of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other
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25 works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever
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26 and for any purposes, including without limitation commercial purposes.
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27 These owners may contribute to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free
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28 culture and the further production of creative, cultural and scientific
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29 works, or to gain reputation or greater distribution for their Work in
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30 part through the use and efforts of others.
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33 expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person
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34 associating CC0 with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she
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35 is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily
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36 elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under its
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37 terms, with knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in the
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38 Work and the meaning and intended legal effect of CC0 on those rights.
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40 1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under CC0 may be
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41 protected by copyright and related or neighboring rights ("Copyright and
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42 Related Rights"). Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not
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43 limited to, the following:
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45 i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
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46 communicate, and translate a Work;
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47 ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or performer(s);
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48 iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or
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49 likeness depicted in a Work;
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50 iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work,
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51 subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below;
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52 v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data
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53 in a Work;
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54 vi. database rights (such as those arising under Directive 96/9/EC of the
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55 European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal
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56 protection of databases, and under any national implementation
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57 thereof, including any amended or successor version of such
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58 directive); and
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59 vii. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout the
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60 world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national
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61 implementations thereof.
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63 2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in contravention
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64 of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, permanently,
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65 irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and surrenders all of
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66 Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights and associated claims and causes
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67 of action, whether now known or unknown (including existing as well as
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68 future claims and causes of action), in the Work (i) in all territories
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69 worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration provided by applicable law or
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70 treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) in any current or future
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71 medium and for any number of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever,
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72 including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional
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73 purposes (the "Waiver"). Affirmer makes the Waiver for the benefit of each
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74 member of the public at large and to the detriment of Affirmer's heirs and
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75 successors, fully intending that such Waiver shall not be subject to
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76 revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or any other legal or
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77 equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work by the public
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78 as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.
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80 3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any reason
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81 be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, then the
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82 Waiver shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted taking into
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83 account Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the
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84 extent the Waiver is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected
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85 person a royalty-free, non transferable, non sublicensable, non exclusive,
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86 irrevocable and unconditional license to exercise Affirmer's Copyright and
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87 Related Rights in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the
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88 maximum duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including future
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89 time extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for any number
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90 of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without
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91 limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the
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92 "License"). The License shall be deemed effective as of the date CC0 was
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93 applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of the License for any
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94 reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, such
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95 partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the remainder
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96 of the License, and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that he or she
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97 will not (i) exercise any of his or her remaining Copyright and Related
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98 Rights in the Work or (ii) assert any associated claims and causes of
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99 action with respect to the Work, in either case contrary to Affirmer's
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100 express Statement of Purpose.
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101
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102 4. Limitations and Disclaimers.
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104 a. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned,
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105 surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.
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106 b. Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or
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107 warranties of any kind concerning the Work, express, implied,
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108 statutory or otherwise, including without limitation warranties of
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109 title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non
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110 infringement, or the absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or
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111 the present or absence of errors, whether or not discoverable, all to
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112 the greatest extent permissible under applicable law.
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113 c. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other persons
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114 that may apply to the Work or any use thereof, including without
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115 limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights in the Work.
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116 Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for obtaining any necessary
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117 consents, permissions or other rights required for any use of the
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118 Work.
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119 d. Affirmer understands and acknowledges that Creative Commons is not a
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120 party to this document and has no duty or obligation with respect to
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121 this CC0 or use of the Work.
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