As the owner of the "LZHAM" and "crunch" free open source software IP, I have decided to place these two works into the Public Domain in the United States, expressly waiving copyright protection. Once this is done this software will no longer by my or anyone's IP (i.e. it will NOT BE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR ANYONE'S PROPERTY). The upload placing these works into the Public Domain will occur on 9/15/2020 around noon EST.
This public domain declaration and anti-copyright waiver (somewhat derived from the unlicense and CC0) will be distributed along with the software:
THIS SOFTWARE IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
1. FALLBACK CLAUSES
THIS SOFTWARE MAY BE FREELY USED, DERIVED FROM, EXECUTED, LINKED WITH, MODIFIED AND DISTRIBUTED FOR ANY PURPOSE, COMMERCIAL OR NON-COMMERCIAL, BY ANYONE, FOR ANY REASON, WITH NO ATTRIBUTION, IN PERPETUITY.
THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS OF THIS WORK HEREBY OVERTLY, FULLY, PERMANENTLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FORFEITS AND WAIVES ALL CLAIM OF COPYRIGHT (ECONOMIC AND MORAL), ANY AND ALL RIGHTS OF INTEGRITY, AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS OF ATTRIBUTION. ANYONE IS FREE TO COPY, MODIFY, ENHANCE, OPTIMIZE, PUBLISH, USE, COMPILE, DECOMPILE, ASSEMBLE, DISASSEMBLE, DOWNLOAD, UPLOAD, TRANSMIT, RECEIVE, SELL, FORK, DERIVE FROM, LINK, LINK TO, CALL, REFERENCE, WRAP, THUNK, ENCODE, ENCRYPT, TRANSFORM, STORE, RETRIEVE, DISTORT, DESTROY, RENAME, DELETE, BROADCAST, OR DISTRIBUTE THIS SOFTWARE, EITHER IN SOURCE CODE FORM, IN A TRANSLATED FORM, AS A LIBRARY, AS TEXT, IN PRINT, OR AS A COMPILED BINARY OR EXECUTABLE PROGRAM, OR IN DIGITAL FORM, OR IN ANALOG FORM, OR IN PHYSICAL FORM, OR IN ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION, FOR ANY PURPOSE, COMMERCIAL OR NON-COMMERCIAL, AND BY ANY MEANS, WITH NO ATTRIBUTION, IN PERPETUITY.
2. ANTI-COPYRIGHT WAIVER AND STATEMENT OF INTENT
IN JURISDICTIONS THAT RECOGNIZE COPYRIGHT LAWS, THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS OF THIS SOFTWARE OVERTLY, FULLY, PERMANENTLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY DEDICATE, FORFEIT, AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHT INTEREST IN THE SOFTWARE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. WE MAKE THIS DEDICATION AND WAIVER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS. WE INTEND THIS DEDICATION AND WAIVER TO BE AN OVERT ACT OF RELINQUISHMENT IN PERPETUITY OF ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE RIGHTS TO THIS SOFTWARE UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW. WE INTEND THIS SOFTWARE TO BE FREELY USED, COMPILED, EXECUTED, MODIFIED, PUBLISHED, DERIVED FROM, OR DISTRIBUTED BY ANYONE, FOR ANY COMMERCIAL OR NON-COMMERCIAL USE, WITH NO ATTRIBUTION, IN PERPETUITY.
3. NO WARRANTY CLAUSE
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, OR DERIVING FROM THE SOFTWARE, OR LINKING WITH THE SOFTWARE, OR CALLING THE SOFTWARE, OR EXECUTING THE SOFTWARE, OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
4. FINAL ANTI-COPYRIGHT AND INTENT FALLBACK CLAUSE
SHOULD ANY PART OF THIS PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION, OR THE FALLBACK CLAUSES, OR THE ANTI-COPYRIGHT WAIVER FOR ANY REASON BE JUDGED LEGALLY INVALID OR INEFFECTIVE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THEN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION, THE FALLBACK CLAUSES, AND ANTI-COPYRIGHT WAIVER SHALL BE PRESERVED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ABOVE STATEMENT OF INTENT.
IN JURISDICTIONS THAT RECOGNIZE COPYRIGHT LAWS, THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS OF THIS SOFTWARE OVERTLY, FULLY, PERMANENTLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY DEDICATE, FORFEIT, AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHT INTEREST IN THE SOFTWARE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. WE MAKE THIS DEDICATION AND WAIVER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS. WE INTEND THIS DEDICATION AND WAIVER TO BE AN OVERT ACT OF RELINQUISHMENT IN PERPETUITY OF ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE RIGHTS TO THIS SOFTWARE UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW. WE INTEND THIS SOFTWARE TO BE FREELY USED, COMPILED, EXECUTED, MODIFIED, PUBLISHED, DERIVED FROM, OR DISTRIBUTED BY ANYONE, FOR ANY COMMERCIAL OR NON-COMMERCIAL USE, WITH NO ATTRIBUTION, IN PERPETUITY.
3. NO WARRANTY CLAUSE
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, OR DERIVING FROM THE SOFTWARE, OR LINKING WITH THE SOFTWARE, OR CALLING THE SOFTWARE, OR EXECUTING THE SOFTWARE, OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
4. FINAL ANTI-COPYRIGHT AND INTENT FALLBACK CLAUSE
SHOULD ANY PART OF THIS PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION, OR THE FALLBACK CLAUSES, OR THE ANTI-COPYRIGHT WAIVER FOR ANY REASON BE JUDGED LEGALLY INVALID OR INEFFECTIVE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THEN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION, THE FALLBACK CLAUSES, AND ANTI-COPYRIGHT WAIVER SHALL BE PRESERVED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ABOVE STATEMENT OF INTENT.
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