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'''CC0''' is the "no copyright reserved" option in the Creative Commons toolkit  - it effectively means relinquishing all copyright and similar rights that you hold in a work and dedicating those rights to the [[public domain]].
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[[Category:CC0]]
 
==Summary== 
 
  
CC0 is a protocol that enables people to WAIVE to the fullest extent possible under applicable copyright law all rights they have and associate with a work so it has no (or minimal) copyright or neighboring rights restrictions attached to it.  To the extent the waiver is not legally effective in any jurisdiction, then the protocol takes the form of a nonexclusive worldwide license to exercise all copyright and neighboring legal rights in the work.  
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CC0 is a single purpose tool, designed to take on the dedication function of the former, deprecated [[Public Domain Dedication and Certification]].
  
* To provide comments and suggestions please add comments on our [[CC0 Feedback]] page
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How effectively CC0 works will depend on the legal regime in which the work is used, but the tool is intended to effectively release rights even in jurisdictions where it is difficult to do so.
* A list of use cases is also available at [[CC0 Use Cases]].
 
  
==Overview==
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Note that CC0 is a three-tier instrument.  We recognize that a waiver may not be effective in some jurisdictions.  CC0's enforceability is not solely dependent on the waiver. The fall back public license -- the second tier -- is similar to our Attribution-only license but without the attribution requirement. The third tier is a non-assertion by the copyright holder that even if the waiver and license do not operate as intended, the copyright holder will not take any actions that prevent a user of the work from exercising rights consistent with the intention of the copyright holder as expressed in CC0. 
  
CC0 improves and extends the current CC [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ public domain dedication]. Key additions:
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For detailed information, see the [[CC0 FAQ]].
#A protocol facilitating the conveyance of norms with a waiver statement.
 
#"Universal" rather than U.S.-centric.
 
  
A beta version of the protocol, including the traditional components of the CC architecture -- legalcode, human-readable explanation, machine-readable metadata, and tools, has been [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7978 launched for public discussion on 2008-01-15] and a [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8211 second beta on 2008-04-16].
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==CC0 Translations==
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Translations of CC0 may be conducted according to the [[Legal Code Translation Policy]].  
  
==Demonstration==
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See the [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Legal_Tools_Translation#Translation_status_of_the_4.0_licenses_and_of_CC0 CC0 translations completed or in progress].
  
===Published Pages===
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[[Category:License]]
* http://labs.creativecommons.org/zero/waiver.html
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[[Category:CC0]]
* http://labs.creativecommons.org/zero/waiver_with_norms.html
 
 
 
===CC0 Chooser===
 
* http://labs.creativecommons.org/license/zero
 
 
 
===Deeds and Legalcode===
 
* http://labs.creativecommons.org/licenses/zero/1.0/
 
* http://labs.creativecommons.org/licenses/zero/1.0/legalcode
 
 
 
Note: View the deeds via the published pages examples above to see how published metadata is used to inform deed display.
 
 
 
 
 
==How do you get involved?==
 
* Jump on over to the [http://creativecommons.org/contact#community cc-community and/or cc-licenses email lists] for further discussion on CCZero.
 
* Review the [[CC0 Technical Overview]] and [[Talk:CC0 Technical Overview|provide feedback]].
 
* If your site or organization plans to implement CC0, see [[CC0 Implementations]].
 
 
 
==Adopters==
 
 
 
* ''Add your project here!''
 

Latest revision as of 08:22, 28 November 2016

CC0 is the "no copyright reserved" option in the Creative Commons toolkit - it effectively means relinquishing all copyright and similar rights that you hold in a work and dedicating those rights to the public domain.

CC0 is a single purpose tool, designed to take on the dedication function of the former, deprecated Public Domain Dedication and Certification.

How effectively CC0 works will depend on the legal regime in which the work is used, but the tool is intended to effectively release rights even in jurisdictions where it is difficult to do so.

Note that CC0 is a three-tier instrument. We recognize that a waiver may not be effective in some jurisdictions. CC0's enforceability is not solely dependent on the waiver. The fall back public license -- the second tier -- is similar to our Attribution-only license but without the attribution requirement. The third tier is a non-assertion by the copyright holder that even if the waiver and license do not operate as intended, the copyright holder will not take any actions that prevent a user of the work from exercising rights consistent with the intention of the copyright holder as expressed in CC0.

For detailed information, see the CC0 FAQ.

CC0 Translations

Translations of CC0 may be conducted according to the Legal Code Translation Policy.

See the CC0 translations completed or in progress.