CCD CopyWrite - Version 0.8

CCD CopyWrite Version 0.8
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IDENTIFICATION:

    This document comprises an explanation of the legal terms and conditions for reproduction, distribution, and use of any work to which it is applied as a distribution license.  It shall be known as any of the following terms, though the preferred primary notice of license status shall be option number 2, preferably with date of the work's copyright appended.

        1.  Credit as Credit's Due CopyWrite
        2.  CCD CopyWrite
        3.  CopyWrite

    The terms "Credit as Credit's Due CopyWrite", "CCD CopyWrite", and "CopyWrite", as applied to this License for distribution, are protected by any applicable trademark and copyright restrictions.  This License should not be construed to apply to its own content except as explicitly defined within the text of this License.


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LICENSING:

    This License constitutes Version 0.8 of the Credit as Credit's Due CopyWrite License (CCD CopyWrite, or CopyWrite).  It may at the discretion of any distributor or redistributor (You) be replaced with later Versions of the CCD CopyWrite License for inclusion of CopyWrite notice with distributions of the Work, whether as the original Work or a Derivative Work.  Where individuated reference to any given Version of the License is not specified, it is to be assumed that the most recent Version of the License is applicable.  The text of this License may be reproduced and redistributed in unmodified form, in its entirety, at will.  Excerpts may be reproduced and redistributed as well, subject where applicable to terms presented under IDENTIFICATION above.  You may not redistribute any Work subject to the terms of this License under any other license except as explicitly set forth in this paragraph.