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1## ODC Open Database License (ODbL)
2
3### Preamble
4
5The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to
6allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Database while
7maintaining this same freedom for others. Many databases are covered by
8copyright, and therefore this document licenses these rights. Some
9jurisdictions, mainly in the European Union, have specific rights that
10cover databases, and so the ODbL addresses these rights, too. Finally,
11the ODbL is also an agreement in contract for users of this Database to
12act in certain ways in return for accessing this Database.
13
14Databases can contain a wide variety of types of content (images,
15audiovisual material, and sounds all in the same database, for example),
16and so the ODbL only governs the rights over the Database, and not the
17contents of the Database individually. Licensors should use the ODbL
18together with another license for the contents, if the contents have a
19single set of rights that uniformly covers all of the contents. If the
20contents have multiple sets of different rights, Licensors should
21describe what rights govern what contents together in the individual
22record or in some other way that clarifies what rights apply.
23
24Sometimes the contents of a database, or the database itself, can be
25covered by other rights not addressed here (such as private contracts,
26trade mark over the name, or privacy rights / data protection rights
27over information in the contents), and so you are advised that you may
28have to consult other documents or clear other rights before doing
29activities not covered by this License.
30
31------
32
33The Licensor (as defined below)
34
35and
36
37You (as defined below)
38
39agree as follows:
40
41### 1.0 Definitions of Capitalised Words
42
43"Collective Database" - Means this Database in unmodified form as part
44of a collection of independent databases in themselves that together are
45assembled into a collective whole. A work that constitutes a Collective
46Database will not be considered a Derivative Database.
47
48"Convey" - As a verb, means Using the Database, a Derivative Database,
49or the Database as part of a Collective Database in any way that enables
50a Person to make or receive copies of the Database or a Derivative
51Database.  Conveying does not include interaction with a user through a
52computer network, or creating and Using a Produced Work, where no
53transfer of a copy of the Database or a Derivative Database occurs.
54"Contents" - The contents of this Database, which includes the
55information, independent works, or other material collected into the
56Database. For example, the contents of the Database could be factual
57data or works such as images, audiovisual material, text, or sounds.
58
59"Database" - A collection of material (the Contents) arranged in a
60systematic or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic
61or other means offered under the terms of this License.
62
63"Database Directive" - Means Directive 96/9/EC of the European
64Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection
65of databases, as amended or succeeded.
66
67"Database Right" - Means rights resulting from the Chapter III ("sui
68generis") rights in the Database Directive (as amended and as transposed
69by member states), which includes the Extraction and Re-utilisation of
70the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents, as well as any similar
71rights available in the relevant jurisdiction under Section 10.4.
72
73"Derivative Database" - Means a database based upon the Database, and
74includes any translation, adaptation, arrangement, modification, or any
75other alteration of the Database or of a Substantial part of the
76Contents. This includes, but is not limited to, Extracting or
77Re-utilising the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents in a new
78Database.
79
80"Extraction" - Means the permanent or temporary transfer of all or a
81Substantial part of the Contents to another medium by any means or in
82any form.
83
84"License" - Means this license agreement and is both a license of rights
85such as copyright and Database Rights and an agreement in contract.
86
87"Licensor" - Means the Person that offers the Database under the terms
88of this License.
89
90"Person" - Means a natural or legal person or a body of persons
91corporate or incorporate.
92
93"Produced Work" -  a work (such as an image, audiovisual material, text,
94or sounds) resulting from using the whole or a Substantial part of the
95Contents (via a search or other query) from this Database, a Derivative
96Database, or this Database as part of a Collective Database. 
97
98"Publicly" - means to Persons other than You or under Your control by
99either more than 50% ownership or by the power to direct their
100activities (such as contracting with an independent consultant).
101
102"Re-utilisation" - means any form of making available to the public all
103or a Substantial part of the Contents by the distribution of copies, by
104renting, by online or other forms of transmission.
105
106"Substantial" - Means substantial in terms of quantity or quality or a
107combination of both. The repeated and systematic Extraction or
108Re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the Contents may amount to the
109Extraction or Re-utilisation of a Substantial part of the Contents.
110
111"Use" - As a verb, means doing any act that is restricted by copyright
112or Database Rights whether in the original medium or any other; and
113includes without limitation distributing, copying, publicly performing,
114publicly displaying, and preparing derivative works of the Database, as
115well as modifying the Database as may be technically necessary to use it
116in a different mode or format.
117
118"You" - Means a Person exercising rights under this License who has not
119previously violated the terms of this License with respect to the
120Database, or who has received express permission from the Licensor to
121exercise rights under this License despite a previous violation.
122
123Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.
124
125### 2.0 What this License covers
126
1272.1. Legal effect of this document. This License is:
128
129  a. A license of applicable copyright and neighbouring rights;
130
131  b. A license of the Database Right; and
132
133  c. An agreement in contract between You and the Licensor.
134
1352.2 Legal rights covered. This License covers the legal rights in the
136Database, including:
137
138  a. Copyright. Any copyright or neighbouring rights in the Database.
139  The copyright licensed includes any individual elements of the
140  Database, but does not cover the copyright over the Contents
141  independent of this Database. See Section 2.4 for details. Copyright
142  law varies between jurisdictions, but is likely to cover: the Database
143  model or schema, which is the structure, arrangement, and organisation
144  of the Database, and can also include the Database tables and table
145  indexes; the data entry and output sheets; and the Field names of
146  Contents stored in the Database;
147
148  b. Database Rights. Database Rights only extend to the Extraction and
149  Re-utilisation of the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents.
150  Database Rights can apply even when there is no copyright over the
151  Database. Database Rights can also apply when the Contents are removed
152  from the Database and are selected and arranged in a way that would
153  not infringe any applicable copyright; and
154
155  c. Contract. This is an agreement between You and the Licensor for
156  access to the Database. In return you agree to certain conditions of
157  use on this access as outlined in this License.
158
1592.3 Rights not covered.
160
161  a. This License does not apply to computer programs used in the making
162  or operation of the Database;
163
164  b. This License does not cover any patents over the Contents or the
165  Database; and
166
167  c. This License does not cover any trademarks associated with the
168  Database.
169
1702.4 Relationship to Contents in the Database. The individual items of
171the Contents contained in this Database may be covered by other rights,
172including copyright, patent, data protection, privacy, or personality
173rights, and this License does not cover any rights (other than Database
174Rights or in contract) in individual Contents contained in the Database.
175For example, if used on a Database of images (the Contents), this
176License would not apply to copyright over individual images, which could
177have their own separate licenses, or one single license covering all of
178the rights over the images. 
179
180### 3.0 Rights granted
181
1823.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor
183grants to You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, terminable (but
184only under Section 9) license to Use the Database for the duration of
185any applicable copyright and Database Rights. These rights explicitly
186include commercial use, and do not exclude any field of endeavour. To
187the extent possible in the relevant jurisdiction, these rights may be
188exercised in all media and formats whether now known or created in the
189future.
190
191The rights granted cover, for example:
192
193  a. Extraction and Re-utilisation of the whole or a Substantial part of
194  the Contents;
195
196  b. Creation of Derivative Databases;
197
198  c. Creation of Collective Databases;
199
200  d. Creation of temporary or permanent reproductions by any means and
201  in any form, in whole or in part, including of any Derivative
202  Databases or as a part of Collective Databases; and
203
204  e. Distribution, communication, display, lending, making available, or
205  performance to the public by any means and in any form, in whole or in
206  part, including of any Derivative Database or as a part of Collective
207  Databases.
208
2093.2 Compulsory license schemes. For the avoidance of doubt:
210
211  a. Non-waivable compulsory license schemes. In those jurisdictions in
212  which the right to collect royalties through any statutory or
213  compulsory licensing scheme cannot be waived, the Licensor reserves
214  the exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You
215  of the rights granted under this License;
216
217  b. Waivable compulsory license schemes. In those jurisdictions in
218  which the right to collect royalties through any statutory or
219  compulsory licensing scheme can be waived, the Licensor waives the
220  exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You of
221  the rights granted under this License; and,
222
223  c. Voluntary license schemes. The Licensor waives the right to collect
224  royalties, whether individually or, in the event that the Licensor is
225  a member of a collecting society that administers voluntary licensing
226  schemes, via that society, from any exercise by You of the rights
227  granted under this License.
228
2293.3 The right to release the Database under different terms, or to stop
230distributing or making available the Database, is reserved. Note that
231this Database may be multiple-licensed, and so You may have the choice
232of using alternative licenses for this Database. Subject to Section
23310.4, all other rights not expressly granted by Licensor are reserved.
234
235### 4.0 Conditions of Use
236
2374.1 The rights granted in Section 3 above are expressly made subject to
238Your complying with the following conditions of use. These are important
239conditions of this License, and if You fail to follow them, You will be
240in material breach of its terms.
241
2424.2 Notices. If You Publicly Convey this Database, any Derivative
243Database, or the Database as part of a Collective Database, then You
244must:
245
246  a. Do so only under the terms of this License or another license
247  permitted under Section 4.4;
248
249  b. Include a copy of this License (or, as applicable, a license
250  permitted under Section 4.4) or its Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
251  with the Database or Derivative Database, including both in the
252  Database or Derivative Database and in any relevant documentation; and
253
254  c. Keep intact any copyright or Database Right notices and notices
255  that refer to this License.
256
257  d. If it is not possible to put the required notices in a particular
258  file due to its structure, then You must include the notices in a
259  location (such as a relevant directory) where users would be likely to
260  look for it.
261
2624.3 Notice for using output (Contents). Creating and Using a Produced
263Work does not require the notice in Section 4.2. However, if you
264Publicly Use a Produced Work, You must include a notice associated with
265the Produced Work reasonably calculated to make any Person that uses,
266views, accesses, interacts with, or is otherwise exposed to the Produced
267Work aware that Content was obtained from the Database, Derivative
268Database, or the Database as part of a Collective Database, and that it
269is available under this License.
270
271  a. Example notice. The following text will satisfy notice under
272  Section 4.3:
273
274        Contains information from DATABASE NAME, which is made available
275        here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
276
277DATABASE NAME should be replaced with the name of the Database and a
278hyperlink to the URI of the Database. "Open Database License" should
279contain a hyperlink to the URI of the text of this License. If
280hyperlinks are not possible, You should include the plain text of the
281required URI's with the above notice.
282 
2834.4 Share alike.
284
285  a. Any Derivative Database that You Publicly Use must be only under
286  the terms of:
287
288    i. This License;
289
290    ii. A later version of this License similar in spirit to this
291      License; or
292
293    iii. A compatible license.
294
295  If You license the Derivative Database under one of the licenses
296  mentioned in (iii), You must comply with the terms of that license.
297
298  b. For the avoidance of doubt, Extraction or Re-utilisation of the
299  whole or a Substantial part of the Contents into a new database is a
300  Derivative Database and must comply with Section 4.4.
301
302  c. Derivative Databases and Produced Works.  A Derivative Database is
303  Publicly Used and so must comply with Section 4.4. if a Produced Work
304  created from the Derivative Database is Publicly Used.
305
306  d. Share Alike and additional Contents. For the avoidance of doubt,
307  You must not add Contents to Derivative Databases under Section 4.4 a
308  that are incompatible with the rights granted under this License.
309
310  e. Compatible licenses. Licensors may authorise a proxy to determine
311  compatible licenses under Section 4.4 a iii. If they do so, the
312  authorised proxy's public statement of acceptance of a compatible
313  license grants You permission to use the compatible license.
314
315
3164.5 Limits of Share Alike.  The requirements of Section 4.4 do not apply
317in the following:
318
319  a. For the avoidance of doubt, You are not required to license
320  Collective Databases under this License if You incorporate this
321  Database or a Derivative Database in the collection, but this License
322  still applies to this Database or a Derivative Database as a part of
323  the Collective Database;
324
325  b. Using this Database, a Derivative Database, or this Database as
326  part of a Collective Database to create a Produced Work does not
327  create a Derivative Database for purposes of  Section 4.4; and
328
329  c. Use of a Derivative Database internally within an organisation is
330  not to the public and therefore does not fall under the requirements
331  of Section 4.4.
332
3334.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You Publicly Use a Derivative
334Database or a Produced Work from a Derivative Database, You must also
335offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work a copy
336in a machine readable form of:
337
338  a. The entire Derivative Database; or
339
340  b. A file containing all of the alterations made to the Database or
341  the method of making the alterations to the Database (such as an
342  algorithm), including any additional Contents, that make up all the
343  differences between the Database and the Derivative Database.
344
345The Derivative Database (under a.) or alteration file (under b.) must be
346available at no more than a reasonable production cost for physical
347distributions and free of charge if distributed over the internet.
348
3494.7 Technological measures and additional terms
350
351  a. This License does not allow You to impose (except subject to
352  Section 4.7 b.)  any terms or any technological measures on the
353  Database, a Derivative Database, or the whole or a Substantial part of
354  the Contents that alter or restrict the terms of this License, or any
355  rights granted under it, or have the effect or intent of restricting
356  the ability of any person to exercise those rights.
357
358  b. Parallel distribution. You may impose terms or technological
359  measures on the Database, a Derivative Database, or the whole or a
360  Substantial part of the Contents (a "Restricted Database") in
361  contravention of Section 4.74 a. only if You also make a copy of the
362  Database or a Derivative Database available to the recipient of the
363  Restricted Database:
364
365    i. That is available without additional fee;
366
367    ii. That is available in a medium that does not alter or restrict
368    the terms of this License, or any rights granted under it, or have
369    the effect or intent of restricting the ability of any person to
370    exercise those rights (an "Unrestricted Database"); and
371
372    iii. The Unrestricted Database is at least as accessible to the
373    recipient as a practical matter as the Restricted Database.
374
375  c. For the avoidance of doubt, You may place this Database or a
376  Derivative Database in an authenticated environment, behind a
377  password, or within a similar access control scheme provided that You
378  do not alter or restrict the terms of this License or any rights
379  granted under it or have the effect or intent of restricting the
380  ability of any person to exercise those rights.
381
3824.8 Licensing of others. You may not sublicense the Database. Each time
383You communicate the Database, the whole or Substantial part of the
384Contents, or any Derivative Database to anyone else in any way, the
385Licensor offers to the recipient a license to the Database on the same
386terms and conditions as this License. You are not responsible for
387enforcing compliance by third parties with this License, but You may
388enforce any rights that You have over a Derivative Database. You are
389solely responsible for any modifications of a Derivative Database made
390by You or another Person at Your direction. You may not impose any
391further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed
392under this License.
393
394### 5.0 Moral rights
395
3965.1 Moral rights. This section covers moral rights, including any rights
397to be identified as the author of the Database or to object to treatment
398that would otherwise prejudice the author's honour and reputation, or
399any other derogatory treatment:
400
401  a. For jurisdictions allowing waiver of moral rights, Licensor waives
402  all moral rights that Licensor may have in the Database to the fullest
403  extent possible by the law of the relevant jurisdiction under Section
404  10.4;
405
406  b. If waiver of moral rights under Section 5.1 a in the relevant
407  jurisdiction is not possible, Licensor agrees not to assert any moral
408  rights over the Database and waives all claims in moral rights to the
409  fullest extent possible by the law of the relevant jurisdiction under
410  Section 10.4; and
411
412  c. For jurisdictions not allowing waiver or an agreement not to assert
413  moral rights under Section 5.1 a and b, the author may retain their
414  moral rights over certain aspects of the Database.
415
416Please note that some jurisdictions do not allow for the waiver of moral
417rights, and so moral rights may still subsist over the Database in some
418jurisdictions.
419
420### 6.0 Fair dealing, Database exceptions, and other rights not affected
421
4226.1 This License does not affect any rights that You or anyone else may
423independently have under any applicable law to make any use of this
424Database, including without limitation:
425
426  a. Exceptions to the Database Right including: Extraction of Contents
427  from non-electronic Databases for private purposes, Extraction for
428  purposes of illustration for teaching or scientific research, and
429  Extraction or Re-utilisation for public security or an administrative
430  or judicial procedure.
431
432  b. Fair dealing, fair use, or any other legally recognised limitation
433  or exception to infringement of copyright or other applicable laws.
434
4356.2 This License does not affect any rights of lawful users to Extract
436and Re-utilise insubstantial parts of the Contents, evaluated
437quantitatively or qualitatively, for any purposes whatsoever, including
438creating a Derivative Database (subject to other rights over the
439Contents, see Section 2.4). The repeated and systematic Extraction or
440Re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the Contents may however amount
441to the Extraction or Re-utilisation of a Substantial part of the
442Contents.
443
444### 7.0 Warranties and Disclaimer
445
4467.1 The Database is licensed by the Licensor "as is" and without any
447warranty of any kind, either express, implied, or arising by statute,
448custom, course of dealing, or trade usage. Licensor specifically
449disclaims any and all implied warranties or conditions of title,
450non-infringement, accuracy or completeness, the presence or absence of
451errors, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or otherwise.
452Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so
453this exclusion may not apply to You.
454
455### 8.0 Limitation of liability
456
4578.1 Subject to any liability that may not be excluded or limited by law,
458the Licensor is not liable for, and expressly excludes, all liability
459for loss or damage however and whenever caused to anyone by any use
460under this License, whether by You or by anyone else, and whether caused
461by any fault on the part of the Licensor or not. This exclusion of
462liability includes, but is not limited to, any special, incidental,
463consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages such as loss of revenue,
464data, anticipated profits, and lost business. This exclusion applies
465even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such
466damages.
467
4688.2 If liability may not be excluded by law, it is limited to actual and
469direct financial loss to the extent it is caused by proved negligence on
470the part of the Licensor.
471
472### 9.0 Termination of Your rights under this License
473
4749.1 Any breach by You of the terms and conditions of this License
475automatically terminates this License with immediate effect and without
476notice to You. For the avoidance of doubt, Persons who have received the
477Database, the whole or a Substantial part of the Contents, Derivative
478Databases, or the Database as part of a Collective Database from You
479under this License will not have their licenses terminated provided
480their use is in full compliance with this License or a license granted
481under Section 4.8 of this License.  Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will
482survive any termination of this License.
483
4849.2 If You are not in breach of the terms of this License, the Licensor
485will not terminate Your rights under it.
486
4879.3 Unless terminated under Section 9.1, this License is granted to You
488for the duration of applicable rights in the Database.
489
4909.4 Reinstatement of rights. If you cease any breach of the terms and
491conditions of this License, then your full rights under this License
492will be reinstated:
493
494  a. Provisionally and subject to permanent termination until the 60th
495  day after cessation of breach;
496
497  b. Permanently on the 60th day after cessation of breach unless
498  otherwise reasonably notified by the Licensor; or
499
500  c.  Permanently if reasonably notified by the Licensor of the
501  violation, this is the first time You have received notice of
502  violation of this License from  the Licensor, and You cure the
503  violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice.
504
505Persons subject to permanent termination of rights are not eligible to
506be a recipient and receive a license under Section 4.8.
507
5089.5 Notwithstanding the above, Licensor reserves the right to release
509the Database under different license terms or to stop distributing or
510making available the Database. Releasing the Database under different
511license terms or stopping the distribution of the Database will not
512withdraw this License (or any other license that has been, or is
513required to be, granted under the terms of this License), and this
514License will continue in full force and effect unless terminated as
515stated above.
516
517### 10.0 General
518
51910.1 If any provision of this License is held to be invalid or
520unenforceable, that must not affect the validity or enforceability of
521the remainder of the terms and conditions of this License and each
522remaining provision of this License shall be valid and enforced to the
523fullest extent permitted by law.
524
52510.2 This License is the entire agreement between the parties with
526respect to the rights granted here over the Database. It replaces any
527earlier understandings, agreements or representations with respect to
528the Database.
529
53010.3 If You are in breach of the terms of this License, You will not be
531entitled to rely on the terms of this License or to complain of any
532breach by the Licensor.
533
53410.4 Choice of law. This License takes effect in and will be governed by
535the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which the License terms are
536sought to be enforced. If the standard suite of rights granted under
537applicable copyright law and Database Rights in the relevant
538jurisdiction includes additional rights not granted under this License,
539these additional rights are granted in this License in order to meet the
540terms of this License.
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