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Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law)
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or Public Domain Certification
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The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the
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"Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of
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his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the
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country from which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever
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copyright the dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the
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"Work") to the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright
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interest he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is
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described as a "dedicator" below.
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A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this
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work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him from
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liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain.
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Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to
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the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends this
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dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present
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and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the
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Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights includes
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the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those
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copyrights in the Work.
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Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be
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freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or
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otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial,
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and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or
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conceived. |