Data licensing options
All data published on ISU's DataShare must be assigned a license before it is published. The chosen license governs what other people may do with the published data. At this time, two licenses are available on DataShare: CC-BY, and CC-0. Information on these licenses has been provided below to help you choose the most appropriate license.
Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (CC BY-NC), may be available after review and recommendation by the ISU Office of Innovation Commercialization.
CC-BY: Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
Very Short Summary: as long as it's cited everything is permitted.
Features:
- IRREVOCABLE – you cannot change your mind after selecting this
- ENSURE YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS – every author must be located and agree
- CLEARLY MARK ANY MATERIALS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LICENSE
- APPLIES TO COPYRIGHT ONLY (not patent or trademark, for example)
- ATTRIBUTION – acknowledgement of title, author, source and license type required
- RESTRICTIONS – may not be added to this license
The person who downloads this CAN:
- SHARE (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format)
- ADAPT (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially) and share same (Note: simply changing the media format and making technical modifications necessary to do so, does not make it Adapted Material).
The person who downloads this MUST:
- ATTRIBUTION. They must give appropriate credit to the owner(s), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. They may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor (Iowa State) endorses them or their use.
Official CC-BY 4.0 summary page
License deed (legal text)
CC-0: Creative Commons Zero - No Rights Reserved
Very Short Summary: Nothing is required and everything is permitted. This license places the work in the public domain.
Features:
- IRREVOCABLE – you cannot change your mind after selecting this
- FUTURE MEDIUM – covers current or future medium
- RIGHTS WAIVER – individuals who claim copyright are not responsible for locating others who also hold copyright
- AS-IS – materials are provided AS-IS with no warranties or representations
- APPLIES TO COPYRIGHT ONLY (not patent or trademark, for example)
- ATTRIBUTION – no acknowledgment of author is required
- RESTRICTIONS – may not be added to this license
Official CC-0 summary page
License deed (legal text)
