{"id":11789,"date":"2020-02-03T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T09:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=11789"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:43:56","slug":"open-government-licence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Government Licence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Open Government Licence<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Open%20Government%20Licence&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Open%20Government%20Licence&#038;body=Information%20about%20the%20Open%20Government%20Licence.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/open-government-licence\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>You are encouraged to use and re-use the Information that is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with only a few conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These data are delivered under the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Government Licence<\/a>, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Contains British Geological Survey materials \u00a9 UKRI [year]&#8217;<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you require further information, wish to report a problem with the data or have suggestions as to how we can improve our service, please contact <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\">BGS Enquiries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-2185-block_5f204d4aea682\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/bgs-intellectual-property-rights\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_contact_Alex_Rotten-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Keyworth - 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