Copyright Less License === Licensing terms === The Author is German or releasing under German law in the European Union, therefor the German Urheberrecht applies to the Works (Source Code, Text, Program, etc.). Under German Urheberrecht the Author did not add any Copyright to the Works and thereby placed the Works into the Public Domain (PD) as long as the Works has no Copyright on it. By using the Copyright Less License (CLL) the Author explicitly states, that the works of the Author never shall be covered by any Copyright. -- Additional information -- The CLL itself is placed under the CLL. As the Works is not copyrighted and free of charge, there is no warranty of any kind to the extend permitted by applicable law. You are explicitly informed that under normal circumstances you use the Works solely at your own risk and you cannot hold others liable for any defects, material or immaterial loss or damages which arise from the Works. For Works covered by the CLL you have the same rights as you have with any other Public Domain Works, except for the single issue that you are not allowed to cover the Works by any Copyright. So you can freely alter and distribute the Works, in whole or in parts, you can use it in or make it part of other Works. However, if the Works is included into something which is covered by a Copyright, you must make sure that the Copyright does not cover the part which falls under the CLL. You are allowed to drop the CLL and replace it by another license. However you then shall make sure that others are aware of the CLL nature of the Works which came under the CLL, such that the others do not accidentally add their Copyright to the Works, as adding a Copyright not knowingly of the CLL nature of the source still is prohibited by German Urheberrecht. To add a Copyright to something covered by the Urheberrecht, you must make sure you have the permission of the Author to do that, however (by choosing the CLL) the Author has explicitly announced that nobody shall get this right. Also you cannot claim that the author implicitly gave such a permission as the author explicitly neglected this. -- How to apply this License to your Works -- 1) Copy this text from "Copyright Less License" until the end of this section into a file and name the file COPYRIGHT.CLL in your works. 2) Where you else would add the Copyright add following: This Works is placed under the terms of the Copyright Less License, see file COPYRIGHT.CLL. USE AT OWN RISK, ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.