<p>To address this the WPDD first acts as a waiver of
rights (sections 2 and 4) and then a license fallback for
when that doesn't work (sections 3 and 5.)</p>
- <p>What follows is Discussion Draft #1. To learn about
- changes for Discussion Draft #2 please check GitWeb and the
+ <p>What follows is Discussion Draft #2. To learn about
+ changes from Discussion Draft #1 please check GitWeb and the
mailing list. All participation is welcome.</p>
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==== THIS IS A DRAFT. DO NOT USE AS A LICENSE. ====
Worldwide Public Domain Dedication (WPDD)
-Public Discussion Draft #1
+Public Discussion Draft #2
Please send feedback by email to the public mailing list:
https://wpdd.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty, provided this notice is
-preserved. So as to avoid potential confusion, if you make
-modifications please don't call your version the Worldwide Public
-Domain Dedication (WPDD) or anything else that might be confusingly
-similar. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
+preserved. To avoid potential confusion, if you make modifications
+please don't call your version the Worldwide Public Domain Dedication
+(WPDD) or anything else that might be confusingly similar. This file
+is offered as-is, without any warranty.
Statement of Purpose
The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically
-confer exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon
-the creator and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an
-original work of authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").
+confer exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the
+copyright holder(s) (each and all, a "holder") of an original work of
+authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").
-Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work
+Certain holders wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work
for the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural
and scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and
without fear of later claims of infringement build upon, modify,
incorporate in other works, reuse and redistribute as freely as
possible in any form whatsoever and for any purposes, including
-without limitation commercial purposes. These owners may contribute
+without limitation commercial purposes. These holders may contribute
to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free culture and the further
production of creative, cultural and scientific works, or to gain
reputation or greater distribution for their Work in part through the
use and efforts of others.
For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any
-expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person
-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
-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.
+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 a holder of
+Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily elects to apply
+this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication 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.
1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under this
Worldwide Public Domain Dedication may be protected by copyright and
performer(s);
iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or
likeness depicted in a Work;
- iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a
- Work, subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below;
- v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse
+ iv. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse
of data in a Work;
- vi. database rights (such as those arising under Directive 96/9/EC
+ v. 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);
- vii. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout
+ vi. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout
the world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national
implementations thereof.
any associated claims and causes of action with respect to the Work,
in either case contrary to Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.
-6. Versions. New versions of this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication
+6. Versions. New versions of the Worldwide Public Domain Dedication
(WPDD) may be released via https://wpdd.info in order to address
issues or concerns that come up. Such new versions shall remain
similar in spirit to provide, as closely as possible, a total waiver
-of all rights. You may elect to apply any later version of this
-Worldwide Public Domain Dedication (WPDD) to the Work.
+of all rights. Any person or organization receiving a Work covered
+by this version of the WPDD may elect to apply any later version of
+the WPDD to that Work.
7. Limitations and Disclaimers.
statutory or otherwise, including without limitation warranties
of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non
infringement, or the absence of latent or other defects,
- accuracy, or the present or absence of errors, whether or not
+ accuracy, or the presence or absence of errors, whether or not
discoverable, all to the greatest extent permissible under
applicable law.
b. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other