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+Open Data Commons – Public Domain Dedication & Licence (PDDL)
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+*************************************************************
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+Preamble
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+========
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+
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+The Open Data Commons – Public Domain Dedication & Licence is a document
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+intended to allow you to freely share, modify, and use this work for any
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+purpose and without any restrictions. This licence is intended for use on
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+databases or their contents ("data"), either together or individually.
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+
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+Many databases are covered by copyright. Some jurisdictions, mainly in Europe,
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+have specific special rights that cover databases called the "sui generis"
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+database right. Both of these sets of rights, as well as other legal rights
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+used to protect databases and data, can create uncertainty or practical
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+difficulty for those wishing to share databases and their underlying data but
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+retain a limited amount of rights under a "some rights reserved" approach to
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+licensing as outlined in the Science Commons Protocol for Implementing Open
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+Access Data. As a result, this waiver and licence tries to the fullest extent
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+possible to eliminate or fully license any rights that cover this database and
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+data. Any Community Norms or similar statements of use of the database or data
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+do not form a part of this document, and do not act as a contract for access or
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+other terms of use for the database or data.
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+
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+The position of the recipient of the work
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+
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+Because this document places the database and its contents in or as close as
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+possible within the public domain, there are no restrictions or requirements
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+placed on the recipient by this document. Recipients may use this work
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+commercially, use technical protection measures, combine this data or database
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+with other databases or data, and share their changes and additions or keep
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+them secret. It is not a requirement that recipients provide further users with
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+a copy of this licence or attribute the original creator of the data or
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+database as a source. The goal is to eliminate restrictions held by the
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+original creator of the data and database on the use of it by others.
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+
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+The position of the dedicator of the work
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+
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+Copyright law, as with most other law under the banner of "intellectual
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+property", is inherently national law. This means that there exists several
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+differences in how copyright and other intellectual property rights can be
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+relinquished, waived or licensed in the many legal jurisdictions of the world.
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+This is despite much harmonisation of minimum levels of protection. The
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+internet and other communication technologies span these many disparate legal
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+jurisdictions and thus pose special difficulties for a document relinquishing
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+and waiving intellectual property rights, including copyright and database
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+rights, for use by the global community. Because of this feature of
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+intellectual property law, this document first relinquishes the rights and
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+waives the relevant rights and claims. It then goes on to license these same
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+rights for jurisdictions or areas of law that may make it difficult to
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+relinquish or waive rights or claims.
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+
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+The purpose of this document is to enable rightsholders to place their work
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+into the public domain. Unlike licences for free and open source software, free
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+cultural works, or open content licences, rightsholders will not be able to
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+"dual license" their work by releasing the same work under different licences.
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+This is because they have allowed anyone to use the work in whatever way they
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+choose. Rightsholders therefore can't re-license it under copyright or database
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+rights on different terms because they have nothing left to license. Doing so
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+creates truly accessible data to build rich applications and advance the
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+progress of science and the arts.
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+
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+This document can cover either or both of the database and its contents (the
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+data). Because databases can have a wide variety of content – not just factual
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+data – rightsholders should use the Open Data Commons – Public Domain
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+Dedication & Licence for an entire database and its contents only if everything
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+can be placed under the terms of this document. Because even factual data can
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+sometimes have intellectual property rights, rightsholders should use this
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+licence to cover both the database and its factual data when making material
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+available under this document; even if it is likely that the data would not be
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+covered by copyright or database rights.
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+
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+Rightsholders can also use this document to cover any copyright or database
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+rights claims over only a database, and leave the contents to be covered by
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+other licences or documents. They can do this because this document refers to
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+the "Work", which can be either – or both – the database and its contents. As a
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+result, rightsholders need to clearly state what they are dedicating under this
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+document when they dedicate it.
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+
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+Just like any licence or other document dealing with intellectual property,
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+rightsholders should be aware that one can only license what one owns. Please
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+ensure that the rights have been cleared to make this material available under
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+this document.
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+
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+This document permanently and irrevocably makes the Work available to the
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+public for any use of any kind, and it should not be used unless the
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+rightsholder is prepared for this to happen.
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+
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+
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+Part I: Introduction
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+====================
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+
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+The Rightsholder (the Person holding rights or claims over the Work) agrees as
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+follows:
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+
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+1 Definitions of Capitalised Words
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+----------------------------------
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+
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+"Copyright" – Includes rights under copyright and under neighbouring rights and
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+similarly related sets of rights under the law of the relevant jurisdiction
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+under Section 6.4.
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+
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+"Data" – The contents of the Database, which includes the information,
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+independent works, or other material collected into the Database offered under
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+the terms of this Document.
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+
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+"Database" – A collection of Data arranged in a systematic or methodical way
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+and individually accessible by electronic or other means offered under the
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+terms of this Document.
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+
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+"Database Right" – Means rights over Data resulting from the Chapter III ("sui
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+generis") rights in the Database Directive (Directive 96/9/EC of the European
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+Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of
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+databases) and any future updates as well as any similar rights available in
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+the relevant jurisdiction under Section 6.4.
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+
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+"Document" – means this relinquishment and waiver of rights and claims and back
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+up licence agreement.
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+
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+"Person" – Means a natural or legal person or a body of persons corporate or
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+incorporate.
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+
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+"Use" – As a verb, means doing any act that is restricted by Copyright or
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+Database Rights whether in the original medium or any other; and includes
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+modifying the Work as may be technically necessary to use it in a different
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+mode or format. This includes the right to sublicense the Work.
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+
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+"Work" – Means either or both of the Database and Data offered under the terms
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+of this Document.
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+
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+"You" – the Person acquiring rights under the licence elements of this
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+Document.
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+
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+Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.
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+
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+2.0 What this document covers
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+
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+2.1. Legal effect of this Document. This Document is:
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+
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+a. A dedication to the public domain and waiver of Copyright and Database
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+ Rights over the Work; and
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+
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+b. A licence of Copyright and Database Rights over the Work in jurisdictions
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+ that do not allow for relinquishment or waiver.
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+
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+2.2. Legal rights covered.
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+
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+ a. Copyright. Any copyright or neighbouring rights in the Work. Copyright law
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+ varies between jurisdictions, but is likely to cover: the Database model or
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+ schema, which is the structure, arrangement, and organisation of the Database,
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+ and can also include the Database tables and table indexes; the data entry and
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+ output sheets; and the Field names of Data stored in the Database. Copyright
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+ may also cover the Data depending on the jurisdiction and type of Data; and
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+
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+ b. Database Rights. Database Rights only extend to the extraction and
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+ re-utilisation of the whole or a substantial part of the Data. Database Rights
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+ can apply even when there is no copyright over the Database. Database Rights
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+ can also apply when the Data is removed from the Database and is selected and
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+ arranged in a way that would not infringe any applicable copyright.
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+
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+2.2 Rights not covered.
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+
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+ a. This Document does not apply to computer programs used in the making or
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+ operation of the Database;
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+
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+ b. This Document does not cover any patents over the Data or the Database.
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+ Please see Section 4.2 later in this Document for further details; and
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+
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+ c. This Document does not cover any trade marks associated with the Database.
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+ Please see Section 4.3 later in this Document for further details.
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+
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+Users of this Database are cautioned that they may have to clear other rights
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+or consult other licences.
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+
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+2.3 Facts are free.
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+
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+The Rightsholder takes the position that factual information is not covered by
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+Copyright. This Document however covers the Work in jurisdictions that may
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+protect the factual information in the Work by Copyright, and to cover any
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+information protected by Copyright that is contained in the Work.
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+
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+
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+Part II: Dedication to the public domain
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+========================================
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+
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+3 Dedication, waiver, and licence of Copyright and Database Rights
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+------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+3.1 Dedication of Copyright and Database Rights to the public domain.
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+
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+The Rightsholder by using this Document, dedicates the Work to the public
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+domain for the benefit of the public and relinquishes all rights in Copyright
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+and Database Rights over the Work.
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+
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+ a. The Rightsholder realises that once these rights are relinquished, that the
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+ Rightsholder has no further rights in Copyright and Database Rights over the
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+ Work, and that the Work is free and open for others to Use.
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+
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+ b. The Rightsholder intends for their relinquishment to cover all present and
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+ future rights in the Work under Copyright and Database Rights, whether they are
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+ vested or contingent rights, and that this relinquishment of rights covers all
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+ their heirs and successors.
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+
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+The above relinquishment of rights applies worldwide and includes media and
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+formats now known or created in the future.
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+
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+3.2 Waiver of rights and claims in Copyright and Database Rights when Section
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+ 3.1 dedication inapplicable.
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+
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+If the dedication in Section 3.1 does not apply in the relevant jurisdiction
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+under Section 6.4, the Rightsholder waives any rights and claims that the
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+Rightsholder may have or acquire in the future over the Work in:
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+
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+ a. Copyright; and
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+
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+ b. Database Rights.
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+
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+To the extent possible in the relevant jurisdiction, the above waiver of rights
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+and claims applies worldwide and includes media and formats now known or
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+created in the future. The Rightsholder agrees not to assert the above rights
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+and waives the right to enforce them over the Work.
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+
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+3.3 Licence of Copyright and Database Rights when Sections 3.1 and 3.2
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+ inapplicable.
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+
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+If the dedication and waiver in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 does not apply in the
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+relevant jurisdiction under Section 6.4, the Rightsholder and You agree as
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+follows:
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+
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+ a. The Licensor grants to You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive,
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+ licence to Use the Work for the duration of any applicable Copyright and
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+ Database Rights. These rights explicitly include commercial use, and do not
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+ exclude any field of endeavour. To the extent possible in the relevant
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+ jurisdiction, these rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether
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+ now known or created in the future.
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+
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+3.4 Moral rights.
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+
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+This section covers moral rights, including the right to be identified as the
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+author of the Work or to object to treatment that would otherwise prejudice the
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+author's honour and reputation, or any other derogatory treatment:
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+
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+ a. For jurisdictions allowing waiver of moral rights, Licensor waives all
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+ moral rights that Licensor may have in the Work to the fullest extent possible
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+ by the law of the relevant jurisdiction under Section 6.4;
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+
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+ b. If waiver of moral rights under Section 3.4 a in the relevant jurisdiction
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+ is not possible, Licensor agrees not to assert any moral rights over the Work
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+ and waives all claims in moral rights to the fullest extent possible by the law
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+ of the relevant jurisdiction under Section 6.4; and
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+
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+ c. For jurisdictions not allowing waiver or an agreement not to assert moral
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+ rights under Section 3.4 a and b, the author may retain their moral rights over
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+ the copyrighted aspects of the Work.
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+
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+Please note that some jurisdictions do not allow for the waiver of moral
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+rights, and so moral rights may still subsist over the work in some
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+jurisdictions.
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+
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+4 Relationship to other rights
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+------------------------------
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+
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+4.1 No other contractual conditions.
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+
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+The Rightsholder makes this Work available to You without any other contractual
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+obligations, either express or implied. Any Community Norms statement
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+associated with the Work is not a contract and does not form part of this
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+Document.
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+
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+4.2 Relationship to patents.
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+
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+This Document does not grant You a licence for any patents that the
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+Rightsholder may own. Users of this Database are cautioned that they may have
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+to clear other rights or consult other licences.
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+
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+4.3 Relationship to trade marks.
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+
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+This Document does not grant You a licence for any trade marks that the
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+Rightsholder may own or that the Rightsholder may use to cover the Work. Users
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+of this Database are cautioned that they may have to clear other rights or
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+consult other licences.
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+
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+
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+Part III: General provisions
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+============================
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+
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+5 Warranties, disclaimer, and limitation of liability
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+-----------------------------------------------------
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+
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+5.1 The Work is provided by the Rightsholder "as is" and without any warranty
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+of any kind, either express or implied, whether of title, of accuracy or
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+completeness, of the presence of absence of errors, of fitness for purpose, or
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+otherwise. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties,
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+so this exclusion may not apply to You.
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+
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+5.2 Subject to any liability that may not be excluded or limited by law, the
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+Rightsholder is not liable for, and expressly excludes, all liability for loss
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+or damage however and whenever caused to anyone by any use under this Document,
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+whether by You or by anyone else, and whether caused by any fault on the part
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+of the Rightsholder or not. This exclusion of liability includes, but is not
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+limited to, any special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary
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+damages. This exclusion applies even if the Rightsholder has been advised of
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+the possibility of such damages.
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+
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+5.3 If liability may not be excluded by law, it is limited to actual and direct
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+financial loss to the extent it is caused by proved negligence on the part of
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+the Rightsholder.
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+
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+
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+6 General
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+---------
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+
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+6.1 If any provision of this Document is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
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+that must not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the
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+terms of this Document.
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+
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+6.2 This Document is the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
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+the Work covered here. It replaces any earlier understandings, agreements or
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+representations with respect to the Work not specified here.
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+
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+6.3 This Document does not affect any rights that You or anyone else may
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+independently have under any applicable law to make any use of this Work,
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+including (for jurisdictions where this Document is a licence) fair dealing,
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+fair use, database exceptions, or any other legally recognised limitation or
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+exception to infringement of copyright or other applicable laws.
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+
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+6.4 This Document takes effect in the relevant jurisdiction in which the
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+Document terms are sought to be enforced. If the rights waived or granted under
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+applicable law in the relevant jurisdiction includes additional rights not
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+waived or granted under this Document, these additional rights are included in
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+this Document in order to meet the intent of this Document.
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