diff --git a/CC0-1.0.txt b/CC0-1.0.txt index bf4c1a0a00babe1201bb4e8c065c0cc3cd229e88..fecc00c9eaf8c432f595c797c92ec66edabeac87 100644 --- a/CC0-1.0.txt +++ b/CC0-1.0.txt @@ -1,60 +1,58 @@ -CC-0 -as downloaded from http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode on 2013-04-20 +Creative Commons CC-0 1.0 Universal +(as downloaded from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/legalcode) 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. 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