Creative Commons Legal Code

CC0 1.0 Universal

Statement of Purpose

The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically confer
exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the creator
and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an original work
of authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").

Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work
for the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and
scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without
fear of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in
other works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form
whatsoever and for any purposes, including without limitation commercial
purposes. These owners may contribute to the Commons to promote the
ideal of a free culture and the further production of creative, cultural
and scientific works, or to gain reputation or greater distribution for
their Work in part through the use and efforts of others.

For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any
expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person
associating CC0 with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or
she is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily
elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under
its terms, with knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in
the Work and the meaning and intended legal effect of CC0 on those rights.

1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under CC0 may
be protected by copyright and related or neighboring rights ("Copyright
and Related Rights"). Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not
limited to, the following:

the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display, communicate,
and translate a Work; moral rights retained by the original author(s)
and/or performer(s); publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's
image or likeness depicted in a Work; rights protecting against unfair
competition in regards to a Work, subject to the limitations in paragraph
4(a), below; rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and
reuse of data in a Work; database rights (such as those arising under
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11
March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, and under any national
implementation thereof, including any amended or successor version of
such directive); and other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights
throughout the world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national
implementations thereof.  2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by,
but not in contravention of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly,
fully, permanently, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons,
and surrenders all of Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights and
associated claims and causes of action, whether now known or unknown
(including existing as well as future claims and causes of action), in
the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration
provided by applicable law or treaty (including future time extensions),
(iii) in any current or future medium and for any number of copies, and
(iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial,
advertising or promotional purposes (the "Waiver"). Affirmer makes the
Waiver for the benefit of each member of the public at large and to the
detriment of Affirmer's heirs and successors, fully intending that such
Waiver shall not be subject to revocation, rescission, cancellation,
termination, or any other legal or equitable action to disrupt the quiet
enjoyment of the Work by the public as contemplated by Affirmer's express
Statement of Purpose.

3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any reason
be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, then the
Waiver shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted taking into
account Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the
extent the Waiver is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected
person a royalty-free, non transferable, non sublicensable, non exclusive,
irrevocable and unconditional license to exercise Affirmer's Copyright
and Related Rights in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii)
for the maximum duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including
future time extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for
any number of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including
without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the
"License"). The License shall be deemed effective as of the date CC0 was
applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of the License for any
reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law,
such partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the
remainder of the License, and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that
he or she will not (i) exercise any of his or her remaining Copyright
and Related Rights in the Work or (ii) assert any associated claims and
causes of action with respect to the Work, in either case contrary to
Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.

4. Limitations and Disclaimers.

No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned,
surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.  Affirmer
offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or warranties of any
kind concerning the Work, express, implied, statutory or otherwise,
including without limitation warranties of title, merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, non infringement, or the absence of
latent or other defects, accuracy, or the present or absence of errors,
whether or not discoverable, all to the greatest extent permissible
under applicable law.  Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing
rights of other persons that may apply to the Work or any use thereof,
including without limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights
in the Work. Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for obtaining
any necessary consents, permissions or other rights required for any
use of the Work.  Affirmer understands and acknowledges that Creative
Commons is not a party to this document and has no duty or obligation
with respect to this CC0 or use of the Work.
