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In the spirit of contributing to the Public Domain, to the full extent possible
under law, the Gauge Authors ("The Authors") have waived all copyright, patent
and related or neighboring rights to their Contributions to Gauge ("The Work").

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Statement of Purpose
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use and efforts of others.

For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any expectation of
additional consideration or compensation, the person associating the Unlicense
with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she is an owner of
Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily elects to apply the
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knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in the Work and the meaning
and intended legal effect of the Unlicense on those rights.


Definitions
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   including any amended or successor version of such directive); and

7. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout the world based
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Waiver
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termination, or any other legal or equitable action to disrupt the quiet
enjoyment of the Work by the public as contemplated by Affirmer's express
Statement of Purpose.


Public License Fallback
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limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the "Public
License").

The Public License shall be deemed effective as of the date the Unlicense was
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Grant of Patent Rights
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Limitations and Disclaimers
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Appendix
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* The text of this document is derived from `Creative Commons CC0 1.0
  Universal`_ and the `BSD style license`_ that ships with Google Go.

* This Unlicense is seen as a mere transitional requirement until international
  law adapts to the post intellectual property reality.

.. _Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
.. _BSD style license: http://go.googlecode.com/hg/LICENSE