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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License


By exercising the Licensed Rights (defined below), You accept and agree

to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Creative Commons

Attribution 4.0 International Public License ("Public License"). To the

extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract, You are

granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of Your acceptance of

these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants You such rights in

consideration of benefits the Licensor receives from making the

Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.



Section 1 -- Definitions.


  a. Adapted Material means material subject to Copyright and Similar

     Rights that is derived from or based upon the Licensed Material

     and in which the Licensed Material is translated, altered,

     arranged, transformed, or otherwise modified in a manner requiring

     permission under the Copyright and Similar Rights held by the

     Licensor. For purposes of this Public License, where the Licensed

     Material is a musical work, performance, or sound recording,

     Adapted Material is always produced where the Licensed Material is

     synched in timed relation with a moving image.


  b. Adapter's License means the license You apply to Your Copyright

     and Similar Rights in Your contributions to Adapted Material in

     accordance with the terms and conditions of this Public License.


  c. Copyright and Similar Rights means copyright and/or similar rights

     closely related to copyright including, without limitation,

     performance, broadcast, sound recording, and Sui Generis Database

     Rights, without regard to how the rights are labeled or

     categorized. For purposes of this Public License, the rights

     specified in Section 2(b)(1)-(2) are not Copyright and Similar

     Rights.


  d. Effective Technological Measures means those measures that, in the

     absence of proper authority, may not be circumvented under laws

     fulfilling obligations under Article 11 of the WIPO Copyright

     Treaty adopted on December 20, 1996, and/or similar international

     agreements.


  e. Exceptions and Limitations means fair use, fair dealing, and/or

     any other exception or limitation to Copyright and Similar Rights

     that applies to Your use of the Licensed Material.


  f. Licensed Material means the artistic or literary work, database,

     or other material to which the Licensor applied this Public

     License.


  g. Licensed Rights means the rights granted to You subject to the

     terms and conditions of this Public License, which are limited to

     all Copyright and Similar Rights that apply to Your use of the

     Licensed Material and that the Licensor has authority to license.


  h. Licensor means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights

     under this Public License.


  i. Share means to provide material to the public by any means or

     process that requires permission under the Licensed Rights, such

     as reproduction, public display, public performance, distribution,

     dissemination, communication, or importation, and to make material

     available to the public including in ways that members of the

     public may access the material from a place and at a time

     individually chosen by them.


  j. Sui Generis Database Rights means rights other than copyright

     resulting from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of

     the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases,

     as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other essentially

     equivalent rights anywhere in the world.


  k. You means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights

     under this Public License. Your has a corresponding meaning.



Section 2 -- Scope.


  a. License grant.


       1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License,

          the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free,

          non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to

          exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:


            a. reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or

               in part; and


            b. produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material.


       2. Exceptions and Limitations. For the avoidance of doubt, where

          Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public

          License does not apply, and You do not need to comply with

          its terms and conditions.


       3. Term. The term of this Public License is specified in Section

          6(a).


       4. Media and formats; technical modifications allowed. The

          Licensor authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in

          all media and formats whether now known or hereafter created,

          and to make technical modifications necessary to do so. The

          Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or

          authority to forbid You from making technical modifications

          necessary to exercise the Licensed Rights, including

          technical modifications necessary to circumvent Effective

          Technological Measures. For purposes of this Public License,

          simply making modifications authorized by this Section 2(a)

          (4) never produces Adapted Material.


       5. Downstream recipients.


            a. Offer from the Licensor -- Licensed Material. Every

               recipient of the Licensed Material automatically

               receives an offer from the Licensor to exercise the

               Licensed Rights under the terms and conditions of this

               Public License.


            b. No downstream restrictions. You may not offer or impose

               any additional or different terms or conditions on, or

               apply any Effective Technological Measures to, the

               Licensed Material if doing so restricts exercise of the

               Licensed Rights by any recipient of the Licensed

               Material.


       6. No endorsement. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or

          may be construed as permission to assert or imply that You

          are, or that Your use of the Licensed Material is, connected

          with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official status by,

          the Licensor or others designated to receive attribution as

          provided in Section 3(a)(1)(A)(i).


  b. Other rights.


       1. Moral rights, such as the right of integrity, are not

          licensed under this Public License, nor are publicity,

          privacy, and/or other similar personality rights; however, to

          the extent possible, the Licensor waives and/or agrees not to

          assert any such rights held by the Licensor to the limited

          extent necessary to allow You to exercise the Licensed

          Rights, but not otherwise.


       2. Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this

          Public License.


       3. To the extent possible, the Licensor waives any right to

          collect royalties from You for the exercise of the Licensed

          Rights, whether directly or through a collecting society

          under any voluntary or waivable statutory or compulsory

          licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly

          reserves any right to collect such royalties.



Section 3 -- License Conditions.


Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the

following conditions.


  a. Attribution.


       1. If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified

          form), You must:


            a. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor

               with the Licensed Material:


                 i. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed

                    Material and any others designated to receive

                    attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by

                    the Licensor (including by pseudonym if

                    designated);


                ii. a copyright notice;


               iii. a notice that refers to this Public License;


                iv. a notice that refers to the disclaimer of

                    warranties;


                 v. a URI or hyperlink to the Licensed Material to the

                    extent reasonably practicable;


            b. indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and

               retain an indication of any previous modifications; and


            c. indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this

               Public License, and include the text of, or the URI or

               hyperlink to, this Public License.


       2. You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any

          reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in

          which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be

          reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or

          hyperlink to a resource that includes the required

          information.


       3. If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the

          information required by Section 3(a)(1)(A) to the extent

          reasonably practicable.


       4. If You Share Adapted Material You produce, the Adapter's

          License You apply must not prevent recipients of the Adapted

          Material from complying with this Public License.



Section 4 -- Sui Generis Database Rights.


Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that

apply to Your use of the Licensed Material:


  a. for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right

     to extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial

     portion of the contents of the database;


  b. if You include all or a substantial portion of the database

     contents in a database in which You have Sui Generis Database

     Rights, then the database in which You have Sui Generis Database

     Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material; and


  c. You must comply with the conditions in Section 3(a) if You Share

     all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database.


For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4 supplements and does not

replace Your obligations under this Public License where the Licensed

Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights.



Section 5 -- Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.


  a. UNLESS OTHERWISE SEPARATELY UNDERTAKEN BY THE LICENSOR, TO THE

     EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE LICENSOR OFFERS THE LICENSED MATERIAL AS-IS

     AND AS-AVAILABLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF

     ANY KIND CONCERNING THE LICENSED MATERIAL, WHETHER EXPRESS,

     IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHER. THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION,

     WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

     PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS,

     ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT

     KNOWN OR DISCOVERABLE. WHERE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES ARE NOT

     ALLOWED IN FULL OR IN PART, THIS DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.


  b. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, IN NO EVENT WILL THE LICENSOR BE LIABLE

     TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,

     NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT,

     INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER LOSSES,

     COSTS, EXPENSES, OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS PUBLIC LICENSE OR

     USE OF THE LICENSED MATERIAL, EVEN IF THE LICENSOR HAS BEEN

     ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, OR

     DAMAGES. WHERE A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS NOT ALLOWED IN FULL OR

     IN PART, THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.


  c. The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability provided

     above shall be interpreted in a manner that, to the extent

     possible, most closely approximates an absolute disclaimer and

     waiver of all liability.



Section 6 -- Term and Termination.


  a. This Public License applies for the term of the Copyright and

     Similar Rights licensed here. However, if You fail to comply with

     this Public License, then Your rights under this Public License

     terminate automatically.


  b. Where Your right to use the Licensed Material has terminated under

     Section 6(a), it reinstates:


       1. automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided

          it is cured within 30 days of Your discovery of the

          violation; or


       2. upon express reinstatement by the Licensor.


     For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6(b) does not affect any

     right the Licensor may have to seek remedies for Your violations

     of this Public License.


  c. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor may also offer the

     Licensed Material under separate terms or conditions or stop

     distributing the Licensed Material at any time; however, doing so

     will not terminate this Public License.


  d. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 survive termination of this Public

     License.



Section 7 -- Other Terms and Conditions.


  a. The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional or different

     terms or conditions communicated by You unless expressly agreed.


  b. Any arrangements, understandings, or agreements regarding the

     Licensed Material not stated herein are separate from and

     independent of the terms and conditions of this Public License.



Section 8 -- Interpretation.


  a. For the avoidance of doubt, this Public License does not, and

     shall not be interpreted to, reduce, limit, restrict, or impose

     conditions on any use of the Licensed Material that could lawfully

     be made without permission under this Public License.


  b. To the extent possible, if any provision of this Public License is

     deemed unenforceable, it shall be automatically reformed to the

     minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. If the provision

     cannot be reformed, it shall be severed from this Public License

     without affecting the enforceability of the remaining terms and

     conditions.


  c. No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no

     failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the

     Licensor.


  d. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be interpreted

     as a limitation upon, or waiver of, any privileges and immunities

     that apply to the Licensor or You, including from the legal

     processes of any jurisdiction or authority.



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