Appendix II: Licenses

This section lists a number of common licenses for datasets and defines suggested abbreviations for use in the dataset metadata specifications.

Please note that this list only serves to provide some examples for possible licenses. The terms of any license should be consistent with the informed consent obtained from participants and any institutional limitations on distribution.

Identifier	License name	Description
PD	Public Domain	No license required for any purpose; the work is not subject to copyright in any jurisdiction.
PDDL	Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License	License to assign public domain like permissions without giving up the copyright.
CC0	Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal.	Use this if you are a holder of copyright or database rights, and you wish to waive all your interests in your work worldwide.