10.0 Data License 

For NOAA ISD surveys, no action is required. After data submission, NOAA will assign onto the data a Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0) license, which effectively waives any potential copyright and related rights in the data worldwide. This provides legal assurance to all users that they may freely access and use the data, for any purpose. The final gridded bathymetry will be publicly released under the CC0 license. 

 

To remove any ambiguity about how data may be used, and to safeguard the interests of data providers, a license must be assigned onto data prior to submission. The machine-readable data license also facilitates automated data handling and improves communication to end users. The license options are provided below. To license data, the license identifier and URL must be included in the metadata that accompanies the data submission.

 

Table 10.0.0 License Names and URLs

  1. License Identifier and URL
  1. Note
  1. Preferred
  1. CC0-1.0
  1. Public Domain Dedication
  1. Y
  1. PDDL-1.0
  1. Public Domain Dedication
  1. Y
  1. CC-BY-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution
  1.  
  1. CC-BY-NC-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution; Non-commercial use only
  1. CC-BY-SA-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution and ShareAlike*
  1. CC-BY-ND-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution; No Derivatives permitted*
  1. CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution and ShareAlike*; Non-Commercial use only
  1. CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
  1. Requires Attribution; Non-commercial use only; No Derivatives permitted*
  1. Restricted**
  1. No public distribution; for Internal Use Only*

* Restriction prohibits NOAA from applying the data towards the creation of any products (e.g. ENC, Precision Marine Navigation, etc.)

** License has no dedicated URL but the terms are listed under "Internal Use Only" on the Office of Coast Survey web page.