From fb248d92351333aadcb2d60b7a2714cde470214c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse McDonald Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add a formal public-domain dedication so that others can use this. --- COPYING | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 COPYING diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0505e52 --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + Creative Commons + Public Domain Dedication + + Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law) + or Public Domain Certification + +The person or persons who have associated work with this document +(the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, +to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is +in the public domain of the country from which the work is published, +or (b) hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in +the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public +domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest he +may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described +as a "dedicator" below. + +A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status +of this work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not +shield him from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the +public domain. + +Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large +and to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator +intends this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity +of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or +contingent, in the Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment +of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by +lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work. + +Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work +may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, +built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial +or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet +been invented or conceived.