Below is a table of common licenses under which datasets can be made available. A permissive license will likely permit more apps and developers to ingest GBFS data. No recommendation for any particular license is offered here.
Definitions of terms:
- Requires attribution: Data users must give credit (attribution) to the data publisher and provide a link to the license.
- Share-alike (viral): Derivative works (remixed, transformed, or built upon the material) must be distributed under the same license as the original.
| SPDX License Identifier | Full name | Human-readable license summary | License text | Requires attribution | Share-alike (viral) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC0-1.0 | Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication 1.0 | Summary @ creativecommons.org | Text @ creativecommons.org | No | No |
| CC-BY-4.0 | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Summary @ creativecommons.org | Text @ creativecommons.org | Yes | No |
| CDLA-Permissive-1.0 | Community Data License Agreement Permissive 1.0 | Summary @ cdla.io | Text @ cdla.io | Yes | No |
| ODbL-1.0 | Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 | Summary @ opendatacommons.org | Text @ opendatacommons.org | Yes | Yes |
| ODC-By-1.0 | Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0 | Summary @ opendatacommons.org | Text @ opendatacommons.org | Yes | No |