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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:
 

	
 
   1. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
 
      communicate, and translate a Work;
 

	
 
   2. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or performer(s);
 

	
 
   3. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or likeness
 
      depicted in a Work;
 

	
 
   4. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work,
 
      subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below;
 

	
 
   5. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data
 
      in a Work;
 

	
 
   6. 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
 

	
 
   7. 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.
 

	
 
   1. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned,
 
      surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.
 

	
 
   2. 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.
 

	
 
   3. 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.
 

	
 
   4. 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.