diff --git a/wpdd.txt b/wpdd.txt index a265240..827fb60 100644 --- a/wpdd.txt +++ b/wpdd.txt @@ -33,19 +33,17 @@ use and efforts of others. For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person or -organization associating this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication with -a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that they are an owner of -Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily elects to apply -this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication to the Work and publicly +organization associating the WPDD with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the +extent that they are an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the +Work, voluntarily elects to apply the WPDD to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under its terms, with knowledge of their Copyright and Related Rights in the Work and the meaning and intended legal -effect of this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication on those rights. +effect of the WPDD on those rights. -1. Copyright and Related Rights. 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