Each individual study is associated with a specific Open Data or Creative Commons licences. These licences are selected by data contributors in the BioTIME consortium and outline the terms under which they would like their data to be used and shared. Always consult the licence document if you are unsure.
Creative Commons Licences
CC0: Public domain
Also known as a "no rights reserved" licence. There are no copyrights, patents, or warranties associated with this type of licence, essential there are no limits to how this work can be used and is part of the public domain.
Official summary and full licence
CC-by: Attribution
Sharing and adaptations are allowed given that the original authors/contributors are given proper attribution and credit. Commercial use is allowed as well.
Official summary and full licence
CC-by-SA: Attribution and share-alike
Similar to the CC-by licence with an additional stipulation that you must distribute your contributions to this data under the same licence. Essentially, contributors ask that you keep work open-access.
Official summary and full licence
Open Licences for Databases
PDDL: Public domain
There are no restrictions on how data can be used with this licence. Similar to CC0 above.
Official summary and full licence
ODC-by: Attribution
You're allowed to share, adapt, and create works from data, as long as you attribute the original authors and contributors and outline the changes you've made.
Official summary and full licence
ODbL: Attribution and share-alike
Also similar to ODC-by above with an additional condition that distribution of your work stemming from this data is shared under an ODbL licence and kept open-access as well.
Official summary and full licence