License

Per Data policy, data in PANGAEA are published in Open Access under a CC-by license.



The license is explicitly defined in the metadata.

Under which licenses can data be archived in PANGAEA?
The recommended license for archiving data sets in PANGAEA is CC-by license. http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

Some data sets have a restriction to noncommercial use: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial. http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/3.0/88x31.png - Example:

For software (few data sets) GPL (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.en.html) is used. - Example:

Data sets can be password protected (under moratorium) on request of the author. In this case the data can be accessed via a login which is available from the author and metadata are public.

In unpublished data sets (with status "in review", "questionable " or "validated") the license is not shown.

Available from the License pop-up menue on the data sets Config card are:
 * CC-BY
 * CC-BY-SA
 * CC-BY-ND
 * CC-BY-NC
 * CC-BY-NC-SA
 * CC-BY-NC-ND
 * CC0

CC-0 / CC-ZERO https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/88x31.png
“No rights reserved” / “no copyright”
 * Public Domain
 * No attribution required

CC-BY https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
 BY = shorthand for “BY Attribution”
 * Data is freely available to everyone
 * Usage requires to “cite”/”attribute” the original author(s)
 * No further restrictions on usage

CC-BY-SA https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png
SA = Share Alike
 * Attribution required
 * If data gets included into own work (e.g., paper), the resulting work must be CC-BY-SA licensed, too
 * Impossibility to publish a paper with a figure/diagram, analysis, table based on licensed data in a non-open-access journal

CC-BY-ND https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nd/4.0/88x31.png
ND = No Derivatives
 * Attribution required
 * Data can be used for own publications, but it must be shared unmodified!
 * License mainly in use for artistic work (images, logos)
 * No cropping / filtering of data, no compilations. Sharing in original form (file format?).

Non Commercial https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png

 * Feel right for scientific data, but no definition of “commercial” in license text
 * Disallows fees for sharing/hosting the data
 * Disallows advertisements on repository’s homepage
 * German Law: no commercial value of data => No compensation on license violations

Summary
Recommendation by PANGAEA is to use CC-BY, but also CC0 is possible. In general all CC licenses are allowed, but NC and ND licenses are discouraged as they limit usage.



Links

 * How to License Research Data (DCC, 2011)