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diff --git a/docs/legal/CC0 b/docs/legal/CC0 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ccb8349e965 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/legal/CC0 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +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: + + 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 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. + + i. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, + abandoned, surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this + document. + ii. 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. + iii. 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. + iv. 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. |