Wikipedia:Tools/RAMP editor/Licensing information

Licensing information edit

RAMP edit

The RAMP editor is open-source software available under an Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0) and can be downloaded from GitHub. The data currently being pulled into RAMP comes from three sources: archival metadata records (supplied locally), the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) and WorldCat Identities.

External data edit

Data from VIAF and WorldCat Identities has been made available under an ODC (Open Data Commons) Attribution license (ODC-By). See OCLC's "Data licenses & attribution" page for additional information.

Local records edit

In order to be contributed to Wikipedia, text from locally produced records must be released, per Wikipedia guidelines, under CC-BY-SA and GDL licenses.

Demo site edit

The current RAMP demo site has been loaded with a set of Library of Congress finding aids, which, as texts produced by U.S. government employees in fulfillment of their duties, are in the public domain.