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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:

i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display, communicate,

and translate a Work;

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

iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or likeness

depicted in a Work;

iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work,

subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below;

v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data in

a Work;

vi. 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

vii. 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

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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.

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surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.

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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.

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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.

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party to this document and has no duty or obligation with respect to this

CC0 or use of the Work.

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