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The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator"
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or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
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the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from
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which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever copyright the
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dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to
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the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest
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he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described as
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a "dedicator" below.
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A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this
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work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him
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from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain.
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Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and
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to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends
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this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all
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present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent,
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in the Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights
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includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise)
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those copyrights in the Work.
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Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may
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be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon,
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or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial,
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and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived.
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