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How do I acknowledge Open Government licensed material?

Open Government licensed material is released by the British government and licences to the public under certain conditions.

You must acknowledge the source of the information, including or linking to any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to the licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

If the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, you must use the following:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

If you are using information from several information providers and listing multiple attributions is not practical for your product or application, you may include a URI or hyperlink to a resource that contains the required attribution statements.

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What are open licences?

A free or open licence is a licensing agreement that allows individuals to reuse another creator’s work. This use is granted by the copyright owner at the start.

Some of the most common licences are as follows:

Please note that works in the public domain are free to be used, but licences do not regulate them.


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What is the Open Government Licence?

The Open Government Licence for public sector information is a copyright licence for Crown Copyright works published by the UK government.

Other UK public sector bodies may apply it to their publications.

It was developed and is maintained by The National Archives. It is compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

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