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-CC0 1.0 Universal
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- CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE
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- LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE AN
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- ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS
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- INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES
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- REGARDING THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS
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- PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
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- THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED
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- HEREUNDER.
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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
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-and 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
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-the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and
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-scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without fear
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-of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other
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-works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever
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-and for any purposes, including without limitation commercial purposes.
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-These owners may contribute to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free
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-works, or to gain reputation or greater distribution for their Work in
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-For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any
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-associating CC0 with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she
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-is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily
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-elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under its
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-terms, with knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in the
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-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
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- i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
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- communicate, and translate a Work;
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-iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or
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- European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal
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-2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in contravention
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-of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, permanently,
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-irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and surrenders all of
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