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    For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any
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    or she is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work,
    voluntarily elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute
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    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
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    Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not limited to, the
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      i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
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     ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or
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    iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or
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     iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a
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     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,
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      (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
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    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.

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    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
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    partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the
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    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
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4. Limitations and Disclaimers.

    a. No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived,
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       all to the greatest extent permissible under applicable law.

    c. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other
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