From e0876fdd8ad1b978b1eac3930d519d0279f87380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Hagerbaumer <101217850+chagerba@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:06:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20FAQ=20=E2=80=9Clicense=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/developers/help/license.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/developers/help/license.md b/content/developers/help/license.md index da1a80b4..e3b5db87 100644 --- a/content/developers/help/license.md +++ b/content/developers/help/license.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ +++ -type = "developers/help" title = "What is the license for data on OpenAQ?" +type = "developers/help" weight = 4 +++ - Air quality data is factual in nature, and in some jurisdictions may not be subject to copyright or other protections limiting its use or distribution. However, in some jurisdictions, copyright and/or laws and regulations may apply to some of the data on the OpenAQ platform. -A number of our sources provide their air quality data under specific licensing, such as Creative Commons licensing or open government licenses, which require source attribution. Regardless of such requirements, we believe in the importance of attributing data sources and strongly encourage everyone to do so. Read our [Data Policy](https://github.com/openaq/openaq-info/blob/master/DATA-POLICY.md) for more information. +A number of our sources provide their air quality data under specific licensing, such as Creative Commons licensing or open government licenses, which require source attribution. Regardless of whether such requirements exist or not, we provide attribution to the underlying source of data ingested onto the OpenAQ Platform. + +When required, OpenAQ users must acknowledge the original source(s) of any data they use, following the provider’s terms, and OpenAQ encourages users to acknowledge all original sources, even if the provider does not require it. + +Read our [Data Policy](https://github.com/openaq/openaq-info/blob/master/DATA-POLICY.md) for more information.