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| <h1><span>Creative Commons Legal Code</span></h1> |
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| <h2>CC0 1.0 Universal</h2> |
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| <h3><em>Statement of Purpose</em></h3> |
| <p>The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world |
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| <p>For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and |
| without any expectation of additional consideration or |
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| <p><strong>1. Copyright and Related Rights.</strong> |
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| <li>the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, |
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| <li>rights protecting against unfair competition in regards |
| to a Work, subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), |
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| reuse of data in a Work;</li> |
| <li>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</li> |
| <li>other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights |
| throughout the world based on applicable law or treaty, and |
| any national implementations thereof.</li> |
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| <p><strong>2. Waiver.</strong> 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 |
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| (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 |
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| <p><strong>4. Limitations and Disclaimers.</strong></p> |
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