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3			CC0 1.0 Universal
4
5			CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE
6			LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE AN
7			ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS
8			INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES
9			REGARDING THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS
10			PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
11			THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED
12			HEREUNDER.
13
14			Statement of Purpose
15
16			The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically confer
17			exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the creator
18			and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an original work of
19			authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").
20
21			Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work for
22			the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and
23			scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without fear
24			of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other
25			works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever
26			and for any purposes, including without limitation commercial purposes.
27			These owners may contribute to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free
28			culture and the further production of creative, cultural and scientific
29			works, or to gain reputation or greater distribution for their Work in
30			part through the use and efforts of others.
31
32			For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any
33			expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person
34			associating CC0 with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she
35			is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily
36			elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under its
37			terms, with knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in the
38			Work and the meaning and intended legal effect of CC0 on those rights.
39
40			1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under CC0 may be
41			protected by copyright and related or neighboring rights ("Copyright and
42			Related Rights"). Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not
43			limited to, the following:
44
45			i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
46			communicate, and translate a Work;
47			ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or performer(s);
48			iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or
49			likeness depicted in a Work;
50			iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work,
51			subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below;
52			v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data
53			in a Work;
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
56			protection of databases, and under any national implementation
57			thereof, including any amended or successor version of such
58			directive); and
59			vii. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout the
60			world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national
61			implementations thereof.
62
63			2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in contravention
64			of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, permanently,
65			irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and surrenders all of
66			Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights and associated claims and causes
67			of action, whether now known or unknown (including existing as well as
68			future claims and causes of action), in the Work (i) in all territories
69			worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration provided by applicable law or
70			treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) in any current or future
71			medium and for any number of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever,
72			including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional
73			purposes (the "Waiver"). Affirmer makes the Waiver for the benefit of each
74			member of the public at large and to the detriment of Affirmer's heirs and
75			successors, fully intending that such Waiver shall not be subject to
76			revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or any other legal or
77			equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work by the public
78			as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.
79
80			3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any reason
81			be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, then the
82			Waiver shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted taking into
83			account Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the
84			extent the Waiver is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected
85			person a royalty-free, non transferable, non sublicensable, non exclusive,
86			irrevocable and unconditional license to exercise Affirmer's Copyright and
87			Related Rights in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the
88			maximum duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including future
89			time extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for any number
90			of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without
91			limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the
92			"License"). The License shall be deemed effective as of the date CC0 was
93			applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of the License for any
94			reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, such
95			partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the remainder
96			of the License, and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that he or she
97			will not (i) exercise any of his or her remaining Copyright and Related
98			Rights in the Work or (ii) assert any associated claims and causes of
99			action with respect to the Work, in either case contrary to Affirmer's
100			express Statement of Purpose.
101
102			4. Limitations and Disclaimers.
103
104			a. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned,
105			surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.
106			b. Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or
107			warranties of any kind concerning the Work, express, implied,
108			statutory or otherwise, including without limitation warranties of
109			title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non
110			infringement, or the absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or
111			the present or absence of errors, whether or not discoverable, all to
112			the greatest extent permissible under applicable law.
113			c. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other persons
114			that may apply to the Work or any use thereof, including without
115			limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights in the Work.
116			Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for obtaining any necessary
117			consents, permissions or other rights required for any use of the
118			Work.
119			d. Affirmer understands and acknowledges that Creative Commons is not a
120			party to this document and has no duty or obligation with respect to
121			this CC0 or use of the Work.