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