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'''Any user that contributes to MusicBrainz should be aware that their contributions will be made available to the public under the licenses described below. Furthermore, MusicBrainz users give the [http://metabrainz.org/ MetaBrainz Foundation] the right to license this data for commercial use.''' The income from these licenses keeps MusicBrainz running and covers the paychecks of paid MusicBrainz developers.
<small>[[Products]] > [[Database]] > Data Licences </small>


== MusicBrainz Database ==
The data collected by the MusicBrainz project falls into two categories explained below. Any user that contributes to MusicBrainz should be aware that their contributions will be made available to the public under the following licenses:
The [[MusicBrainz Database]] is split into two components for licensing purposes.


; Core data
==Public Domain Data==
: The core data of the database is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0], which is effectively placing the data into the Public Domain. This means that anyone can download and use the core data in any way they see fit. No restrictions, no worries!


; Supplementary data
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: The remaining portions of the database are released under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0] license. This allows for non-commercial use of the data as long as MusicBrainz is given credit and that derivative works (works based on the CC licensed data) are also made available under the same license.
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For a breakdown of what constitutes core/supplementary data, view the [[MusicBrainz Database]] page.
The core data of the MusicBrainz dataset is placed into the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ Public Domain], which means that anyone can download and use the core data in any way they see fit. No restictions, no worries! The core data consists of the following pieces of data. The SQL tablenames are shown in parentheses after the description of the data:
* [[Artist]]s and [[Artist Alias|ArtistAlias]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>es (<code><nowiki>artist, artistalias</nowiki></code>)
* [[Release]]s (<code><nowiki>album, albumjoin</nowiki></code>)
* [[Track]]s (<code><nowiki>track</nowiki></code>)
* [[Label]]s and [[Label Alias|LabelAlias]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>es (<code><nowiki>label, labelalias</nowiki></code>)
* [[Disc ID|DiscID]] (CD Identification) information (<code><nowiki>album_cdtoc and cdtoc</nowiki></code>)
* [[PUID]] Identifiers and related data (<code><nowiki>puid, puidjoin, clientversion</nowiki></code>)
* [[Release Event|ReleaseEvent]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s (<code><nowiki>release, country</nowiki></code>)
* [[Advanced Relationships|AdvancedRelationships]] (<code><nowiki>lt_*, l_*, link_attribute, link_attribute_type</nowiki></code>)
* [[CD Stub|CDStub]]s (<code><nowiki>release_raw, track_raw, cdtoc_raw</nowiki></code>)


== Live Data Feed ==
The [[Live Data Feed|LiveDataFeed]] that we offer to replicate the MusicBrainz data is a slight exception to the rules above, since both Public Domain data and Creative Commons data (see below) are intermingled in the data update packets. Given that the highest common license denominator needs to be applied to these data packets, the Creative Commons license governs the live data-feeds.
The [[Live Data Feed]] replication packets are licensed under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0] license.


== MusicBrainz Server ==
To get the freely available Public Domain data, please download a data snapshot from the [[Database Download|DatabaseDownload]] page.
The [[MusicBrainz Server]] source code is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPLv2].


== MusicBrainz Documentation ==
==Creative Commons Licensed Data==
The MusicBrainz documentation on [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/] (and mirrored on [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ http://musicbrainz.org/doc/]) is released under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0] license. This allows non commercial use of the documentation as long as MusicBrainz is given credit and that derivative works (works based on the CC licensed data) are also made available under the same license.


The documentation uses content from the following sources:
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* The [http://nuovext.pwsp.net nuoveXT] icon theme made by Alexandre Moore and available under the GPL license.
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== Cover art ==
The remaining portions of the MusicBrainz data are released under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0] license. This allows non commercial use of the MusicBrainz data as long as MusicBrainz is given credit and that derivative works (works based on MusicBrainz CC licensed data) are also made available under the same license. For more information on the Creative Commons and their licenses, please refer to the [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] home page.
The MusicBrainz dataset does not contain cover art. Cover art is provided by the [http://coverartarchive.org Cover Art Archive].


[[Category:WikiDocs Page]]
The Creative Commons licensed data portions are: (The SQL tablenames are shown in parentheses after the description of the data)
* Metadata tables (including [[Rating System|ratings]] and [[Last Update Feature|lastupdated info]]) (<code><nowiki>album_amazon_asin, albummeta, artist_meta, label_meta, track_meta</nowiki></code>)
* Search indexes (<code><nowiki>wordlist, artistwords, albumwords, trackwords, labelwords</nowiki></code>)
* [[Annotation]]s (<code><nowiki>annotation</nowiki></code>)
* [[Folksonomy Tagging|Folksonomy tags]] (<code><nowiki>tag, artist_tag, release_tag, label_tag, track_tag</nowiki></code>)
* Statistics (<code><nowiki>currentstat, historicalstat, stats, puidjoin_stat, puid_stat, trmjoin_stat, trm_stat</nowiki></code>)
* [[Edit]]s (<code><nowiki>automod_election, moderation_note_open, moderation_open, moderator, vote_open</nowiki></code>)
* Closed edits (<code><nowiki>moderation_closed, moderation_note_closed, vote_closed</nowiki></code>)
* Artist relationships (Similar artists, not [[Advanced Relationships|AdvancedRelationships]]) (<code><nowiki>artist_relation</nowiki></code>) (Data provided by [http://www.agentarts.com Agent Arts])
* [[Live Data Feed|LiveDataFeed]] -- please see [[Live Data Feed|LiveDataFeed]] for more details on our continuous update stream.
* [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|Documentation and Wiki]] content

To get the Creative Commons licensed data, please download a data snapshot from the [[Database Download|DatabaseDownload]] page.
[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:WikiDocs Page]]

Latest revision as of 12:34, 26 May 2015

Any user that contributes to MusicBrainz should be aware that their contributions will be made available to the public under the licenses described below. Furthermore, MusicBrainz users give the MetaBrainz Foundation the right to license this data for commercial use. The income from these licenses keeps MusicBrainz running and covers the paychecks of paid MusicBrainz developers.

MusicBrainz Database

The MusicBrainz Database is split into two components for licensing purposes.

Core data
The core data of the database is licensed under the CC0, which is effectively placing the data into the Public Domain. This means that anyone can download and use the core data in any way they see fit. No restrictions, no worries!
Supplementary data
The remaining portions of the database are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This allows for non-commercial use of the data as long as MusicBrainz is given credit and that derivative works (works based on the CC licensed data) are also made available under the same license.

For a breakdown of what constitutes core/supplementary data, view the MusicBrainz Database page.

Live Data Feed

The Live Data Feed replication packets are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

MusicBrainz Server

The MusicBrainz Server source code is licensed under the GPLv2.

MusicBrainz Documentation

The MusicBrainz documentation on http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ (and mirrored on http://musicbrainz.org/doc/) is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. This allows non commercial use of the documentation as long as MusicBrainz is given credit and that derivative works (works based on the CC licensed data) are also made available under the same license.

The documentation uses content from the following sources:

  • The nuoveXT icon theme made by Alexandre Moore and available under the GPL license.

Cover art

The MusicBrainz dataset does not contain cover art. Cover art is provided by the Cover Art Archive.