Data contributors maintain ownership over their datasets on the Skeena Salmon Data Centre while making it accessible to users through a license. A license explicitly grants users permission to use specific data, information, or material under certain conditions specified by the license.
Open Licenses
Many of the datasets housed on the Skeena Salmon Data Centre are published under an open data license. Under an open licence, users are free to copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose. Refer to the conditions specified for each type of open license.
Copyrighted Items
Copyright is the exclusive legal right to produce, reproduce, publish or sell a work. The general rule is that the author/creator is the first owner of copyright, subject to any agreement between parties that states otherwise. The owner can give, assign, or license copyright in parts or in its entirety. Permission to reproduce Government of Canada works, in part or in whole, and by any means, for personal or public non-commercial purposes, or for cost-recovery purposes, is not required, unless otherwise specified in the material you wish to reproduce.
Externally Sourced
Many of the datasets housed on the Skeena Salmon Data Centre consist of URL links to external webpages. Licenses on these datasets would be set by the the website author or organization, and are identified on the Skeena Salmon Data Centre as “Externally Sourced”.
Types of Licenses
Below are the various types of licenses used in the Skeena Salmon Data Centre with generalized descriptions of permissions allowed under each licence type. Refer to the URL links for additional information on each license.
| License | Domain | You are free to: | As long as you: | For more information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC-B Y-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution | Content, Data | Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Adapt – remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. |
Attribution – you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| CC BY-NC 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial | Content, Data | Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Adapt – remix, transform, and build upon the material for any non-commercial purpose. |
Attribution – you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial – You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Open Government License 2.0 (British Columbia) | Content, Data | Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute, or otherwise use the information in any medium, mode or format for lawful purposes. | Attribution – you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. | https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc |
| Open Government License 2.0 (Canada) | Content, Data | Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute, or otherwise use the information in any medium, mode or format for lawful purposes. | Attribution – you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. | https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada |
| Canadian Crown Copyright | Content | Reproduce Government of Canada works, in part or in whole, and by any means, for personal or public non-commercial purposes, or for cost-recovery purposes. | Exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced; indicate both the complete title of the work reproduced, as well as the author organization; and indicate that the reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and that the reproduction has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. |
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |
| Externally Sourced | Links to external websites. | See external website for license and permissions. | See external website for license and conditions. | See external website. |
| Copyright by Owner | Content and Data | View and reference information. | Permission is required to reproduce, adapt, distribute, or integrate information into another work. | https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |
| Not Open | Content and Data | Permission is required to access the dataset. | – | Contact the dataset owner or manager directly. |
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