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+The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator"
+or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge,
+the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from
+which the work is published, or (b) hereby dedicates whatever copyright the
+dedicators holds in the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to
+the public domain. A certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest
+he may have in the associated work, and for these purposes, is described as
+a "dedicator" below.
+
+A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this
+work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not shield him
+from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the public domain.
+
+Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and
+to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator intends
+this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all
+present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent,
+in the Work. Dedicator understands that such relinquishment of all rights
+includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise)
+those copyrights in the Work.
+
+Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may
+be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon,
+or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial,
+and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived.