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Use the Unlicense instead of CC0 to represent the public domain
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layout: license layout: license
permalink: /licenses/public-domain/ permalink: /licenses/public-domain/
class: license-types class: license-types
title: Public Domain (CC0) title: Public Domain (Unlicense)
description: Because copyright attaches automatically in many countries, the Creative Commons CC0 License is recommended to ensure that your work is available everywhere under terms that most closely follow the spirit of a public domain work. description: Because copyright is automatic in most countries, the Unlicense is a template to waive interest in software you've written and dedicate it to the public domain. Use the Unlicense to opt out of copyright entirely. It also includes the no-warranty statement from the MIT/X11 license.
how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. You can alternatively use the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/">Creative Commons CC0 tool</a> to generate HTML with embedded metadata to mark your work as CC0. how: Create a text file (typically named UNLICENSE or UNLICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license disclaimer into the file.
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--- ---
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