Licence
OpenHaven is openly licensed, in two parts: the code and tooling are under the Alignment License v0.5.1, and the data and written content are under CC BY-SA 4.0. Here is what each covers, how to credit the data, and what is not covered.
What is covered
| What | Licence | SPDX id | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| CodeThe website, scripts, tests and configuration in the repository. | Alignment License v0.5.1 | None | |
| DataThe data files, and the JSON API built from them. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | |
| Written contentThe documentation and the pages' written text. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
The Alignment License, which covers the code, is source open within a purpose. It is not open source in the OSI sense: the text says so itself, because it carries a purpose condition. It is a 0.x version, in force but still being refined. Read the whole text before you reuse the code.
CC BY-SA 4.0, which covers the data and the written content, lets you reuse and adapt them, including commercially, if you credit OpenHaven and share what you make under the same licence (ShareAlike).
How to credit the data
When you reuse OpenHaven's data, credit it with this line:
Data from OpenHaven (openhaven.net), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.What is not covered
- Three third-party texts in the repository's research/governance folder. They keep their authors' terms.
- Passages that the data and the articles quote from other people's work. They stay their authors'.
- Software that OpenHaven's code depends on. It keeps its own licences.
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To add to OpenHaven, see Contribute and for how the data is checked, see Our Process.