Open Licence
Open Database Licence (ODbL)
Data made available through Open Data Blend Datasets and Open Data Blend Analytics is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). A summary of the Open Database License is available in plain English and we've included the key points below for your convenience.
You are free to:
Data made available through Open Data Blend Datasets and Open Data Blend Analytics is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). A summary of the Open Database License is available in plain English and we've included the key points below for your convenience.
You are free to:
- Share: To copy, distribute and use the database.
- Create: To produce works from the database.
- Adapt: To modify, transform and build upon the database.
As long as you:
- Attribute: You must attribute any public use of the database, or works produced from the database, in the manner specified in the Attribution Requirements section below. For any use or redistribution of the database, or works produced from it, you must make clear to others the license of the database and keep intact any notices on the original database.
- Share-alike: If you publicly use any adapted version of this database, or works produced from an adapted database, you must also offer that adapted database under the ODbL.
- Keep open: If you redistribute the database, or an adapted version of it, then you may use technological measures that restrict the work (such as DRM) as long as you also redistribute a version without such measures.
Attribution Requirements
Any public use of any data from Open Data Blend Datasets or Open Data Blend Analytics must be accompanied by a hyperlink with the words "Includes data from Open Data Blend" that points to this page. The hyperlinked attribution text must be large enough and clearly visible so that it's easy to make the association between the usage of the Open Data Blend Datasets or Open Data Blend Analytics and the attribution. The font size should be no smaller than 8px or 80% of the largest font containing information about the data used, whichever is larger.
Any public use of any data from Open Data Blend Datasets or Open Data Blend Analytics must be accompanied by a hyperlink with the words "Includes data from Open Data Blend" that points to this page. The hyperlinked attribution text must be large enough and clearly visible so that it's easy to make the association between the usage of the Open Data Blend Datasets or Open Data Blend Analytics and the attribution. The font size should be no smaller than 8px or 80% of the largest font containing information about the data used, whichever is larger.
- Department for Transport data licensed under the Open Government Licence.
- NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) data licensed under the Open Government Licence. English Prescribing data, NHSBSA Copyright 2025.
- NHS Digital data licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Alternative Licence
If your project or intended use isn't compatible with the share-alike conditions of the Open Database License (ODbL), you can start a Concierge subscription which includes rights to use the data under the Open Data Blend Database Licence (ODBDbL).
If your project or intended use isn't compatible with the share-alike conditions of the Open Database License (ODbL), you can start a Concierge subscription which includes rights to use the data under the Open Data Blend Database Licence (ODBDbL).
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