Worldwide Public Domain Dedication (WPDD)


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+Worldwide Public Domain Dedication (WPDD)
+Public Discussion Draft #1
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+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.
+
+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").
+
+Certain owners 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 
+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.
+
+1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under this 
+Worldwide Public Domain Dedication may be protected by copyright and 
+related or neighboring rights ("Copyright and Related Rights"). 
+Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not limited to, the 
+following:
+
+   i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display,
+      communicate, and translate a Work;
+  ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or 
+      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 
+      of data in a Work;
+  vi. 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 
+      the world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national
+      implementations thereof.
+
+2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in 
+contravention of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, 
+permanently, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and 
+surrenders all of Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights and 
+associated claims and causes of action, whether now known or unknown 
+(including existing as well as future claims and causes of action), 
+in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the maximum 
+duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including future time 
+extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for any number 
+of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without 
+limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the 
+"Waiver"). Affirmer makes the Waiver for the benefit of each member 
+of the public at large and to the detriment of Affirmer's heirs and 
+successors, fully intending that such Waiver shall not be subject to 
+revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or any other legal 
+or equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work by the 
+public as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.
+
+3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any 
+reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, 
+then the Waiver shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted 
+taking into account Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In 
+addition, to the extent the Waiver is so judged Affirmer hereby 
+grants to each affected person a royalty-free, non transferable, non 
+sublicensable, non exclusive, irrevocable and unconditional license 
+to exercise Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights in the Work (i) 
+in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration provided 
+by applicable law or treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) 
+in any current or future medium and for any number of copies, and 
+(iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation 
+commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the "License"). The 
+License shall be deemed effective as of the date this Worldwide 
+Public Domain Dedication was applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should 
+any part of the License for any reason be judged legally invalid or 
+ineffective under applicable law, such partial invalidity or 
+ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the remainder of the License, 
+and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that they will not (i) 
+exercise any of their remaining Copyright and Related Rights in the 
+Work or (ii) assert any associated claims and causes of action with 
+respect to the Work, in either case contrary to Affirmer's express 
+Statement of Purpose.
+
+4. Waiver of Patent Rights. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
+2, Affirmer acknowledges that the design codes, utility, technical 
+figures, charts, methods, processes, and all information related to 
+the patent/invention arising out of the Work, the sources, source 
+codes, objects, object codes and all system documentation relating 
+thereto shall not be confidential and shall be non-proprietary for 
+the public worldwide. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in 
+contravention of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, 
+permanently, irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and 
+surrenders all of Affirmer's patent rights and associated claims and 
+causes of action, whether now known or unknown (including existing as 
+well as future claims and causes of action) throughout the world, 
+whether arising under federal law, state law, common law, foreign 
+law, or otherwise, for any patent/invention included by Affirmer in 
+the Work that are licensable by the Affirmer, both currently owned or 
+controlled and acquired or controlled in the future (the "Waiver of 
+Patent Rights"). The Waiver of Patent Rights shall not be subject to 
+revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or any other legal 
+or equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work by the 
+public as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose.
+
+5. Patent Grant Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver of Patent 
+Rights for any reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under 
+applicable law, then the Waiver of Patent Rights shall be preserved 
+to the maximum extent permitted taking into account Affirmer's 
+express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the extent the Waiver 
+of Patent Rights is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected 
+person a royalty-free, non transferable, non sublicensable, non 
+exclusive, irrevocable and unconditional license to Affirmer's patent 
+rights, where such license applies only to those patents/inventions 
+included by Affirmer in the Work that are licensable by Affirmer, 
+both currently owned or controlled and acquired or controlled in the 
+future, that are necessarily infringed by making, having made, using, 
+selling, offering for sale, importing or transferring the Work, or 
+otherwise practicing any method or procedure in any patent/invention 
+included by Affirmer in the Work, in whole or in part, alone or in 
+combination with or included in any other Work (i) in all territories 
+worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration provided by applicable law 
+or treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) in any current or 
+future medium and for any number of copies, and (iv) for any purpose 
+whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or 
+promotional purposes (the "Patent License"). The Patent License shall 
+be deemed effective as of the date this Worldwide Public Domain 
+Dedication was applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of 
+the Patent License for any reason be judged legally invalid or 
+ineffective under applicable law, such partial invalidity or 
+ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the remainder of the Patent 
+License, and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that they will not 
+(i) exercise any of their patent rights in the Work or (ii) assert 
+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 
+(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.
+
+7. Limitations and Disclaimers.
+
+ a. Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or
+    warranties of any kind concerning the Work, express, implied,
+    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 
+    discoverable, all to the greatest extent permissible under 
+    applicable law.
+ b. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other 
+    persons that may apply to the Work or any use thereof, including 
+    without limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights in 
+    the Work. Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for 
+    obtaining any necessary consents, permissions or other rights 
+    required for any use of the Work.
+

In May 2022 a conversation in the FSF's IRC channel on + Libera.âChat got me thinking that that there may be a + benefit to having a version of CC0 that does address + patents.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Worldwide Public Domain Dedication (WPDD)

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In May 2022 a conversation in the FSF's IRC channel on + Libera.âChat got me thinking that that there may be a + benefit to having a version of CC0 that does address + patents.

Frequently Asked Questions

Hello, and welcome to Jason Self's Worldwide Public + Domain Dedication (WPDD)

What is it?

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In May 2022 a conversation in the FSF's IRC channel on + Libera.âChat got me thinking that that there may be a + benefit to having a version of CC0 that does address + patents.