World Database of Protected Areas
This is a recent favourite of mine which I think also falls under this thread’s category:
- World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) at protectedplanet.net
From their legal section (highlights are my own):
[…]
No Commercial Use
Neither (a) the WDPA Materials, the WD-OECM Materials and the GD-PAME Materials nor (b) any work derived from or based upon the WDPA Materials, the WD-OECM Materials and the GD-PAME Materials (“Derivative Works") may be put to Commercial Use without the prior written permission of UNEP-WCMC.
[…]
I might be overinterpreting this, but wouldn’t that also include any research results dervied with this dataset?
No Sub-licensing or Redistribution of WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME Data
[…]
You may not redistribute the WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME Data contained in the WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME in whole or in part by any means including (but not limited to) electronic formats such as web downloads, through web services, through interactive web maps (including mobile applications) that grant users download access, […]
However what is forbidden is allowed under certain circumstances:
Publishing the WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME
You may publish the WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME Materials in whole or in part, including on-line, providing (a) the WDPA, WD-OECM and GD-PAME Data are not downloadable and […]
From a technical perspective I’m still confused about when making something available to view is not hosting and providing a download (the data is still transferred). It reminds me a bit of the streaming vs. downloading debate which was ended a few years ago.
It also begs the question how obfuscated and difficult I have to make the download process for users to prevent scraping.