Open Government Licence

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You are encouraged to use and re-use the Information that is = available under=20 this licence, the Open Government Licence, freely and flexibly, with = only a few=20 conditions.

Using information under this licence

Use of copyright and database right material expressly made available = under=20 this licence (the =E2=80=98Information=E2=80=99) indicates your = acceptance of the terms and=20 conditions below.

The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, = non-exclusive=20 licence to use the Information subject to the conditions below.

This licence does not affect your freedom under fair dealing or fair = use or=20 any other copyright or database right exceptions and limitations.

You are free to:

copy, publish, distribute and transmit the=20 Information;
adapt the = Information;
exploit the Information commercially for example, by combining it = with=20 other Information, or by including it in your own product or=20 application.

You must, where you do any of the above:

acknowledge the source of the = Information=20 by including any attribution statement specified by the Information=20 Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this = licence;

If the Information Provider does not provide a specific = attribution=20 statement, or if you are using Information from several Information = Providers=20 and multiple attributions are not practical in your product or = application,=20 you may consider using the following:

Contains public sector information = licensed=20 under the Open Government Licence v1.0.

ensure that you do not use the Information in a way that suggests = any=20 official status or that the Information Provider endorses you or your = use of=20 the Information;
ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the = Information or=20 its source;
ensure that your use of the Information does not breach the Data=20 Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC=20 Directive) Regulations 2003.

These are important conditions of this licence and if you fail to = comply with=20 them the rights granted to you under this licence, or any similar = licence=20 granted by the Licensor, will end automatically.

=20 Exemptions

This licence does not cover the use of:

personal data in the Information;
Information that has neither been published nor disclosed under=20 information access legislation (including the Freedom of Information = Acts for=20 the UK and Scotland) by or with the consent of the Information = Provider;
departmental or public sector organisation logos, crests and the = Royal=20 Arms except where they form an integral part of a document or = dataset;
military insignia;
third party rights the Information Provider is not authorised to=20 license;
Information subject to other intellectual property rights, = including=20 patents, trademarks, and design rights; and
identity documents such as the British Passport.

No warranty

The Information is licensed =E2=80=98as is=E2=80=99 and the = Information Provider excludes all=20 representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to = the=20 Information to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in = the=20 Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of = any kind=20 caused by its use. The Information Provider does not guarantee the = continued=20 supply of the Information.

Governing Law

This licence is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the = Information Provider has its principal place of business, unless = otherwise=20 specified by the Information Provider.

Definitions

In this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:

=E2=80=98Information=E2=80=99
means information = protected by copyright or=20 by database right (for example, literary and artistic works, content, = data and=20 source code) offered for use under the terms of this licence.

=E2=80=98Information Provider=E2=80=99
means the = person or organisation=20 providing the Information under this licence.

=E2=80=98Licensor=E2=80=99
means any Information = Provider which has the=20 authority to offer Information under the terms of this licence or the = Controller=20 of Her Majesty=E2=80=99s Stationery Office, who has the authority to = offer Information=20 subject to Crown copyright and Crown database rights and Information = subject to=20 copyright and database right that has been assigned to or acquired by = the Crown,=20 under the terms of this licence.

=E2=80=98Use=E2=80=99
as a verb, means doing any = act which is restricted=20 by copyright or database right, whether in the original medium or in any = other=20 medium, and includes without limitation distributing, copying, adapting, = modifying as may be technically necessary to use it in a different mode = or=20 format.

=E2=80=98You=E2=80=99
means the natural or legal = person, or body of=20 persons corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this = licence.

About the Open Government Licence

The Controller of Her Majesty=E2=80=99s Stationery Office (HMSO) has = developed this=20 licence as a tool to enable Information Providers in the public sector = to=20 license the use and re-use of their Information under a common open = licence. The=20 Controller invites public sector bodies owning their own copyright and = database=20 rights to permit the use of their Information under this licence.

The Controller of HMSO has authority to license Information subject = to=20 copyright and database right owned by the Crown. The extent of the = Controller=E2=80=99s=20 offer to license this Information under the terms of this licence is set = out in=20 the UK Government Licensing Framework.

This is version 1.0 of the Open Government Licence. The Controller of = HMSO=20 may, from time to time, issue new versions of the Open Government = Licence.=20 However, you may continue to use Information licensed under this version = should=20 you wish to do so.

These terms have been aligned to be interoperable with any Creative = Commons=20 Attribution Licence, which covers copyright, and Open Data Commons = Attribution=20 License, which covers database rights and applicable copyrights.

Further context, best practice and guidance can be found in the UK Government Licensing Framework section on The = National=20 Archives website.