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You are free to:

  • Use and reproduce the work for your own purposes
  • Modify the work and adapt it into your own projects
  • Distribute the work and share it with others

Your freedoms under this license apply to all copyright and database rights (where applicable under european law) that vest in the work. However, you still must ensure that you do not infringe any:

  • Trade-marks
  • Patents
  • Neighbouring rights (ie. rights in a sound recording or performance)
  • Moral rights

Obligations

You must:

  • Retain the original copyright notices and disclaimers to inform downstream users of the license conditions that apply to the original work
  • Provide attribution to the original authors (you may do so in any reasonable manner appropriate to your medium)

Disclaimers

The licensor makes no guarantee to you as to:

  • The quality of the work. Keep in mind that the work may contain inaccuracies and errors. It may be entirely unsuitable for your purpose.
  • The clearance of rights. It is possible that the licensor might not actually own all of the rights that the license claims to grant. If this is the case, you could inadvertently infringe the copyright of a third party -- and you will bear the full responsibility of this infringement.

The license also contains a general disclaimer of liability. In most cases, you cannot sue the licensor, even if you suffer injuries or financial harm due to errors, inaccuracies, or faults on the part of the licensor.

License versioning

Even if the licensor releases a new version of the license with different terms, you can continue your use of the work under the original license.

However, if you retrieve an updated copy of the work, it may then come under the terms of the new license.

Choice of Law and Forum

The license does not specify a forum for any lawsuits. If a legal dispute arises between you and the licensor, courts will decide upon the location for the hearing based on how strongly the legal issue connects to the jurisdictions involved.

To resolve any such legal disputes, courts will interpret the license based on the laws in force at the location of the licensor.