Licenses

The Licenses resource in the OpenAQ API provides information about the licenses governing the use of data within the API.

Purpose and Use

The Licenses resource lists the licenses that govern use of the data in OpenAQ. Each license details permissions and restrictions, such as whether attribution is required and whether commercial use, modifications, or redistribution are allowed. This resource helps users comply with any licensing requirements. As per OpenAQ’s Terms of Use, compliance is required.

Key fields

id: A unique identifier for each license.
name: The name of the license.
commercialUseAllowed: Indicates whether the license permits the use of data for commercial purposes.
attributionRequired: Specifies whether users must give credit to the original source when using the data.
shareAlikeRequired: States whether derivative works must be licensed under the same terms as the original.
modificationAllowed: Shows whether users can alter the data.
redistributionAllowed: Indicates whether users can distribute the data.
sourceUrl: Provides a link to the official license terms for further details.

Example response payload

https://api.openaq.org/v3/licenses/41

{
  "meta": {
    "name": "openaq-api",
    "website": "/",
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 100,
    "found": 1
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 41,
      "name": "CC BY 4.0 DEED",
      "commercialUseAllowed": true,
      "attributionRequired": true,
      "shareAlikeRequired": true,
      "modificationAllowed": true,
      "redistributionAllowed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    }
  ]
}