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1Community Data License Agreement - Permissive - Version 1.0
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3This is the Community Data License Agreement – Permissive, Version 1.0
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5(“Agreement”). Data is provided to You under this Agreement by each of the Data
6Providers. Your exercise of any of the rights and permissions granted below constitutes
7Your acceptance and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
8Agreement.
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10The benefits that each Data Provider receives from making Data available and that You
11receive from Data or otherwise under these terms and conditions shall be deemed
12sufficient consideration for the formation of this Agreement. Accordingly, Data
13Provider(s) and You (the “Parties”) agree as follows:
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15Section 1. Definitions
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171.1 “Add” means to supplement Data with Your own or someone else’s Data, resulting in
18Your “Additions.” Additions do not include Results.
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201.2 “Computational Use” means Your analysis (through the use of computational devices
21or otherwise) or other interpretation of Data. By way of example and not limitation,
22“Computational Use” includes the application of any computational analytical technique,
23the purpose of which is the analysis of any Data in digital form to generate information
24about Data such as patterns, trends, correlations, inferences, insights and attributes.
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261.3 “Data” means the information (including copyrightable information, such as images
27or text), collectively or individually, whether created or gathered by a Data Provider or an
28Entity acting on its behalf, to which rights are granted under this Agreement.
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301.4 “Data Provider” means any Entity (including any employee or contractor of such
31Entity authorized to Publish Data on behalf of such Entity) that Publishes Data under this
32Agreement prior to Your Receiving it.
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341.5 “Enhanced Data” means the subset of Data that You Publish and that is composed of
35(a) Your Additions and/or (b) Modifications to Data You have received under this
36Agreement.
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381.6 “Entity” means any natural person or organization that exists under the laws of the
39jurisdiction in which it is organized, together with all other entities that control, are
40controlled by, or are under common control with that entity. For the purposes of this
41definition, “control” means (a) the power, directly or indirectly, to cause the direction or
42management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, (b) the ownership of more
43than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or securities, (c) the beneficial
44ownership of such entity or, (d) the ability to appoint, whether by agreement or right, the
45majority of directors of an Entity.
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471.7 “Modify” means to delete, erase, correct or re-arrange Data, resulting in
48“Modifications.” Modifications do not include Results.
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501.8 “Publish” means to make all or a subset of Data (including Your Enhanced Data)
51available in any manner which enables its Use, including by providing a copy on physical
52media or remote access. For any form of Entity, that is to make the Data available to any
53individual who is not employed by that Entity or engaged as a contractor or agent to
54perform work on that Entity’s behalf. A “Publication” occurs each time You Publish
55Data.
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571.9 “Receive” or “Receives” means to have been given access to Data, locally or
58remotely.
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601.10 “Results” means the outcomes or outputs that You obtain from Your Computational
61Use of Data. Results shall not include more than a de minimis portion of the Data on
62which the Computational Use is based.
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641.11 “Sui Generis Database Rights” means rights, other than copyright, resulting from
65Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on
66the legal protection of databases, as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other
67equivalent rights anywhere in the world.
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691.12 “Use” means using Data (including accessing, copying, studying, reviewing,
70adapting, analyzing, evaluating, or making Computational Use of it), either by machines
71or humans, or a combination of both.
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731.13 “You” or “Your” means any Entity that Receives Data under this Agreement.
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75Section 2. Right and License to Use and to Publish
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772.1 Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement, Data Provider(s)
78hereby grant(s) to You a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable (except as provided in
79Section 5) right to: (a) Use Data; and (b) Publish Data.
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812.2 To the extent that the Data or the coordination, selection or arrangement of Data is
82protected or protectable under copyright, Sui Generis Database Rights, or other law, Data
83Provider(s) further agree(s) that such Data or coordination, selection or arrangement is
84hereby licensed to You and to anyone else who Receives Data under this Agreement for
85Use and Publication, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement.
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872.3 Except for these rights and licenses expressly granted, no other intellectual property
88rights are granted or should be implied.
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90Section 3. Conditions on Rights Granted
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923.1 If You Publish Data You Receive or Enhanced Data:
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94(a) You may do so under a license of Your choice provided that You give anyone
95who Receives the Data from You the text of this Agreement, the name of this
96Agreement and/or a hyperlink or other method reasonably likely to provide a
97copy of the text of this Agreement; and
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99(b) You must cause any Data files containing Enhanced Data to carry prominent
100notices that You have changed those files; and
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102(c) If You Publish Data You Receive, You must preserve all credit or attribution
103to the Data Provider(s). Such retained credit or attribution includes any of the
104following to the extent they exist in Data as You have Received it: legal
105notices or metadata; identification of the Data Provider(s); or hyperlinks to
106Data to the extent it is practical to do so.
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1083.2 You may provide additional or different license terms and conditions for use,
109reproduction, or distribution of that Enhanced Data, or for any combination of Data and
110Enhanced Data as a whole, provided that Your Use and Publication of that combined
111Data otherwise complies with the conditions stated in this License.
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1133.3 You and each Data Provider agree that Enhanced Data shall not be considered a work
114of joint authorship by virtue of its relationship to Data licensed under this Agreement and
115shall not require either any obligation of accounting to or the consent of any Data
116Provider.
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1183.4 This Agreement imposes no obligations or restrictions on Your Use or Publication of
119Results.
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121Section 4. Data Provider(s)’ Representations
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1234.1 Each Data Provider represents that the Data Provider has exercised reasonable care,
124to assure that: (a) the Data it Publishes was created or generated by it or was obtained
125from others with the right to Publish the Data under this Agreement; and (b) Publication
126of such Data does not violate any privacy or confidentiality obligation undertaken by the
127Data Provider.
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129Section 5. Termination
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1315.1 All of Your rights under this Agreement will terminate, and Your right to Receive,
132Use or Publish the Data will be revoked or modified if You materially fail to comply with
133the terms and conditions of this Agreement and You do not cure such failure in a
134reasonable period of time after becoming aware of such noncompliance. If Your rights
135under this Agreement terminate, You agree to cease Receipt, Use and Publication of
136Data. However, Your obligations and any rights and permissions granted by You under
137this Agreement relating to Data that You Published prior to such termination will
138continue and survive.
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1405.2 If You institute litigation against a Data Provider or anyone else who Receives the
141Data (including a cross-claim in a lawsuit) based on the Data, other than a claim asserting
142breach of this Agreement, then any rights previously granted to You to Receive, Use and
143Publish Data under this Agreement will terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
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145Section 6. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
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1476.1 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE DATA
148(INCLUDING ENHANCED DATA) IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS,
149WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
150OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR
151CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR
152FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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1546.2 NEITHER YOU NOR ANY DATA PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY
155FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
156CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST
157PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
158WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
159NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR
160DISTRIBUTION OF THE DATA OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED
161HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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163Section 7. Miscellaneous
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1657.1 You agree that it is solely Your responsibility to comply with all applicable laws with
166regard to Your Use or Publication of Data, including any applicable privacy, data
167protection, security and export laws. You agree to take reasonable steps to assist a Data
168Provider fulfilling responsibilities to comply with applicable laws with regard to Use or
169Publication of Data Received hereunder.
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1717.2 You and Data Provider(s), collectively and individually, waive and/or agree not to
172assert, to the extent permitted by law, any moral rights You or they hold in Data.
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1747.3 This Agreement confers no rights or remedies upon any person or entity other than
175the Parties and their respective heirs, executors, successors and assigns.
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1777.4 The Data Provider(s) reserve no right or expectation of privacy, data protection or
178confidentiality in any Data that they Publish under this Agreement. If You choose to
179Publish Data under this Agreement, You similarly do so with no reservation or
180expectation of any rights of privacy or confidentiality in that Data.
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1827.5 The Community Data License Agreement workgroup under The Linux Foundation is
183the steward of this Agreement (“Steward”). No one other than the Steward has the right
184to modify or publish new versions of this Agreement. Each version will be given a
185distinguishing version number. You may Use and Publish Data Received hereunder
186under the terms of the version of the Agreement under which You originally Received the
187Data, or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the Steward.
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