Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD)

Preface of licence

This licence grants you the right to copy, use and distribute information,
provided you acknowledge the contributors and comply with the terms and conditions
stipulated in this licence. By using information made available under this
licence, you accept the terms and conditions set forth in this licence. As
set out in Section 7, the licensor disclaims any and all liability for the
quality of the information and what the information is used for.

This licence shall not impose any limitations on the rights or freedoms of
the licensee under the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act or any other legislation
granting the general public a right of access to public sector information,
or that follow from exemptions or limitations stipulated in the Norwegian
Copyright Act. Further, the licence shall not impose any limitations on the
licensee's freedom of expression recognized by law.

   1. Definitions

«Database» shall mean a database or similar protected under Section 43 of
the Norwegian Copyright Act.

«Information» shall mean texts, images, recordings, data sets or other works
protected under Section 1 of the Norwegian Copyright Act, or which are protected
under provisions addressing what is referred to as «neighbouring rights» in
Chapter 5 of the Norwegian Copyright Act (including databases and photographs),
and which are distributed under this licence.

   «Copy» shall mean reproduction in any form.

«Licensee» and «you» shall mean natural or legal persons using information
under this licence.

«Licensor» shall mean the natural or legal person that makes information available
under this licence.

«Distribute» shall mean any actions whereby information is made available,
including to distribute, transfer, communicate, disperse, show, perform, sell,
lend and rent.

«Use» shall mean one or more actions relevant to copyright law requiring permission
from the owner of the copyright.

   2. Licence

The licensee, subject to the limitations that follow from this licence, may
use the information for any purpose and in all contexts, by:

   * copying the information and distributing the information to others,

* modifying the information and/or combining the information with other information,
and

   * copying and distributing such changed or combined information.

* This is a non-exclusive, free, perpetual and worldwide licence. The information
may be used in any medium and format known today and/or which will become
known in the future. The Licensee shall not sub-license or transfer this licence.

   3. Exemptions

   The licence does not apply to and therefore does not grant a right to use:

* information which contains personal data covered by the Norwegian Personal
Data Act unless there is a legitimate basis for the disclosure and further
processing of the personal data

* information distributed in violation of a statutory obligation to observe
confidentiality

* information excluded from public disclosure pursuant to law, including information
deemed sensitive under the Norwegian National Security Act

* information subject to third party rights which the licensor is not authorised
to license to the licensee

* information protected by intellectual property rights other than copyright
and neighbouring rights in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Norwegian Copyright
Act, such as trademarks, patents and design rights, but this does not entail
an impediment to use information where the licensor's logo has been permanently
integrated into the information or to attribute the origin of the information
in accordance with the article below relating to attribution.

If the licensor has made available information not covered by the licence
according to the above list, the licensee must cease all use of the information
under the licence, and erase the information as soon as he or she becomes
aware of or should have understood that the information is not covered by
the licence.

   4. Effects of breach of the licence

The licence is subject to the licensee's compliance with the terms and conditions
of this licence. In the event that the licensee commits a breach of this licence,
this will entail that the licensee's right to use the information will be
revoked immediately without further notice. In case of such a breach, the
licensee must immediately and without further notice take measures to cause
the infringement to end. Because the right to use the information has been
terminated, the licensee must cease all use of the information by virtue of
the licence.

   5. Attribution

The licensee shall attribute the licensor as specified by the licensor and
include a reference to this licence. To the extent practically possible, the
licensee shall provide a link to both this licence and the source of the information.

If the licensor has not specified how attributions shall be made, the licensee
shall normally state the following: «Contains data under the Norwegian licence
for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by [name of licensor]».

If the licensor has specified that the information shall only be available
under a specific version of this licence, cf. Section 10, the licensee shall
also state this.

If the information has been changed, the licensee must clearly indicate that
changes have been made by the licensee.

   6. Proper use

The licensee shall not use the information in a manner that appears misleading
nor present the information in a distorted or incorrect manner.

Neither the licensor's nor other contributors' names or trademarks must be
used to support, recommend or market the licensee or any products or services
using the information.

   7. Disclaimer of liability

The information is licensed «as is». The information may contain errors and
omissions. The licensor provides no warranties, including relating to the
content and relevance of the information.

The licensor disclaims any liability for errors and defects associated with
the information to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The licensor shall not be liable for direct or indirect losses as a result
of use of the information or in connection with copying or further distribution
of the information.

   8. Guarantees regarding data quality and accessibility

This licence does not prevent the licensor from issuing supplementary statements
regarding expected or intended data quality and accessibility. Such statements
shall be regarded as indicative in nature and not binding on the part of the
licensor. The disclaimers in Section 7 also apply in full for such indicative
statements. Based on separate agreement, the licensor may provide guarantees
and distribute the information on terms and conditions different from those
set forth in this licence.

   9. Licence compatibility

If the licensee is to distribute an adapted or combined work based on information
covered by this licence and some other work licensed under a licence compatible
by contract, such distribution may be based on an appropriate licence compatible
by contract, cf. the list below.

   A licence compatible by contract shall mean the following licences:

   * for all information: Open Government Licence (version 1.0),

* for those parts of the information which do not constitute databases: Creative
Commons Attribution Licence (generic version 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and unported version
3.0) and Creative Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge,

* for those parts of the information which constitute databases: Open Data
Commons Attribution License (version 1.0).

This provision does not prevent other licences from being compatible with
this licence based on their content.

   10. New versions of the licence

The licensee may choose to use the information covered by this licence under
any new versions of the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD)
issued by the responsible ministry (currently the Ministry of Government Administration,
Reform and Church Affairs) when these versions are final and official, unless
the licensor when making the information available under this licence specifically
has stated that solely version 1.0 of this licence may be used.

   11. Governing law and legal venue

This licence, including its formation, and any disputes and claims arising
in connection with or relating to this licence, shall be regulated by Norwegian
law. The legal venue shall be the licensor's ordinary legal venue. The licensor
may, with regard to intellectual proprietary rights, choose to pursue a claim
at other competent legal venues and/or based on the laws of the country where
the intellectual property rights are sought enforced.
