# Preamble

The Open Information Use License - Catalonia is a license agreement that allows users to freely share, modify and use this information in a flexible manner only respecting certain conditions established in the Terms of Use section.

Obliged subjects must provide people with access to public information, whether it is the subject of active publication or the exercise of the right of access to information, in a reusable format, with the aim that it can be exploited through the reproduction and dissemination by any means, in such a way as to allow the creation of information products or services with added value based on public data, within the limits established by the regulations on the reuse of public sector information.

The exercise of intellectual or industrial property rights owned by third parties must not be an obstacle to the reuse of information, as long as the obliged subjects have sufficient exploitation rights and include a reference to the owner or transferor of the aforementioned rights.

Public information can contain a wide variety of content types (images, audiovisual material, etc...), so this license does not govern the rights to the contents individually. So people who reuse the information can use this license in conjunction with any other license for the content.

The terms used in this document must be interpreted in accordance with the concepts defined by the applicable regime in matters of information and right of access, in accordance with the regulations referred to in the section " Current legislation on open information and reuse".

# What this license allows

The reuse of information.
The distribution and public communication of information.
The transformation of the information to make derivative works, for the whole world and without any time limitation, as long as it does not contradict the license or notice that may have a set of data specifically, which is the one that prevails.

# Terms of use

- The content of the information cannot be altered.
- The meaning of the information cannot be denatured.
- The source of the information must be cited as follows: Generalitat de Catalunya. Department of [department name]. [autonomous body, public company], except in cases where there is a specific license, where the authorship and ownership of the exploitation rights must be recognized.
- The last date the information was updated must be reported.
- When the information contains personal data, it is necessary to specify the specific purpose or purposes for which future reuse of the data is possible.
- When the information has been provided in an anonymized or pseudonymized manner, it must include the prohibition of carrying out activities tending to reverse the process of dissociation by adding new data obtained from other sources.
- If the characteristics, contents or nature of the information so warrant, the information may be made available subject to specific licenses, such as Creative Commons licenses, which are complementary to the general terms of the Open Use License of information - Catalonia.
- The additional specific conditions contained in the specific licenses may have as their object specific authorized uses, commercial or not, the validity of the license, the obligations of the beneficiary and the obliged subject, as well as the responsibilities of use, the eventual consideration required, the grantor or other factors that may condition its reuse.
- In any case, the terms of the specific licenses must be clear and precise, and cannot unreasonably restrict the possibilities of reuse, be discriminatory or limit competition.
- The specific licenses that affect data generated by the Administration of the Generalitat and its public sector entities must be previously approved by the Department of the Administration of the Generalitat competent in matters of transparency.
- All reuse licenses must be able to be processed electronically and be permanently available in accessible formats so that they can be downloaded, saved, reproduced or referenced by reusers. Reusable information is made available, whenever possible, so that it can be processed in an automated way, together with metadata and in open formats.
- The conditions of use appearing in the reuse licenses bind the reusers simply by obtaining the information or accessing it. The reuse of the information is carried out under the sole responsibility of the person reusing it.
- Exclusive rights for the reuse of information cannot be granted, except when it is essential for the provision of a service of public interest. In the event of the existence of exclusive agreements, the obliged entity must review them periodically, in any case every three years, in order to verify whether the causes that justified the exclusivity still exist, and must modify the conditions if not were justified. These agreements must be transparent and public.
- The person requesting the information may request a certificate of the conditions of reuse that govern public information at a given time. The certification must be issued within a maximum period of fifteen working days, counting from the receipt of the request in the electronic register of the public administration. These requests must be addressed to the competent body, which is the one that has the requested public information.
- Sublicensing of data is not permitted.
- No other restrictions or conditions of use may be imposed on the exercise of the rights granted or asserted under this license.
- The use of logos, brands, shields and distinctive symbols of the Generalitat de Catalunya in publications and websites that are not participated in or sponsored by this Institution is not authorized under any circumstances. These corporate graphic identity elements are the exclusive property of the Generalitat de Catalunya and are protected by the current applicable legislation. back up

# Recommendations

- Please cite this license, or provide a link to it in your database, reuses, or derivative works, as well as any other relevant documentation.
- Please note that the Open Information Use License - Catalonia is not the only active license, there may be other models, therefore carefully review the metadata which is the specific license that governs at the specific time in make use of
- Please note that the Generalitat reserves the right to publish the datasets in different terms, cease distribution or disposal, although the downloaded datasets will maintain the conditions of use unchanged at the time of download as long as update the data.
- Please keep intact any right-of-use information notices that refer to the license in effect at the time of download.
- If it is not possible to put the necessary notices in a particular file because of its structure, you should include the notices in a location that makes it easy for users to access them.

# Guarantees and disclaimer

The Generalitat de Catalunya is not responsible for possible illicit use of the information.

Nor is it responsible for the accuracy or completeness, presence or absence of errors, fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability.

# Limitation of liability

Subject to any liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, the Generalitat de Catalunya is not responsible and is expressly excluded from any liability for loss or damage, provided that it is caused to any person by any use made under this license

This exclusion of liability includes, but is not limited to, any special, incidental, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, such as loss of revenue, data, anticipated profits and loss of business.