EU INSPIRE End User Licence

The licence grants you, the end-user a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Supplied Data for personal, non-commercial use only.

Licensed data under the INSPIRE End User Licence is limited to data created (derived) by you using Ordnance Survey (OS) licensed data. Please note:

• Not all data you create meets the INSPIRE criteria.
• The Directive is about allowing access to that spatial information from you (provided it meets the criteria). It is not about the re-use of that information by the recipient (the End User).
• If your derived data does not meet the INSPIRE criteria, and or re-use by a third party is required, consider our other End User Licence agreement. You can also view our guidelines for sharing data with others.

Even if you are a holder or custodian of data, any data that has not been created by you cannot be supplied by you under this licence, whether as background/reference data or otherwise.

You must have identified and confirmed that your dataset is within the scope of the EU INSPIRE regulations and so qualifies as one of those datasets you can release under these obligations.

End Users can view your INSPIRE-compliant data via web services. If you are publishing using a Web Mapping Service (WMS) or a Web Feature Service (WFS) feeds as part of meeting your INSPIRE obligations, then you need to ensure these points are covered:

• Where it is practical, you should get the end user to have accepted (or been made aware of their ‘deemed acceptance’) prior to accessing data.
• You should make reference to the licence in the service and the services metadata by providing links to the INSPIRE End User Licence (or have a copy of the licence as part of a licence on another website). In these circumstances, you do not need to apply our guidance you use for your other web mapping services.
• For WMS View Service you should include the URL of the licence you are using in the;watermark; field of the service GetCapabilities metadata; field of the service’s GEMINI Discovery metadata; and field of the dataset’s GEMINI Discovery metadata.
• For WFS Download Service you should include the URL of the licence you are using in the field of the service GetCapabilities metadata and field of the dataset’s GEMINI Discovery metadata.

We are aware that GeoRSS download services are an emerging standard for encoding location as part of a Web feed this includes RSS both RSS 1.0 and 2.0, as well as Atom feeds.

If you are using this service, as part of your obligations you should also:

• Include the URL of the Licence in the dataset’s GEMINI Discovery metadata and the reason why you have produced it.
• Reference and provide the links to the INSPIRE End User Licence you are using in the WMS service you are using and the services metadata.
• Include a copy of the licence in the downloaded data file.
• Link to the INSPIRE End User Licence.

You can allow End Users to download INSPIRE-compliant data.

When making your licensed data available for End Users to download, you need to ensure that they are aware of, and have accepted the INSPIRE End User Licence before they are able to do so.

There are two ways to do this:

• The End User ‘clicked to accept’ before the download starts.
• The End User is informed (for example, on a home page or a pop-up window) that they have already been ‘deemed’ to accept the terms through any use of the downloaded data.

Where the licensed data you are making available is in:

• Raster format – you need to include a background watermark to identify the source of the licensed data at scales of 1:10 000 or larger. This watermark must appear at least once and cover at least 10% of the map image reproduced.
• Vector format (other than via a Web Feature Service (WFS)) – then you need to ensure the appropriate copy protection functionality is included.
• In both of the above, the ‘readme file’ that accompanies the licensed data must include the dataset’s metadata, a copy of the INSPIRE End User Licence you are using, and all the necessary trademarks and acknowledgements. 

The INSPIRE End User licence is different from the End User Licence because, whilst the INSPIRE End User Licence enables you to meet your INSPIRE obligations, the INSPIRE regulations also state that the end user is only allowed to access your derived data for their own "personal, non-commercial use".

This means it excludes the use of that information for any business purpose by the end user. It also means you can’t include any data which has not been created by you under this licence, whether as background/reference data or otherwise.

Lastly, the INSPIRE End User Licence works on the principle of 'deemed' acceptance, so that also places the responsibility for the appropriate use of the data on to the end user rather than you, the member.

You do not need to keep records, as long as you are only providing your licensed data which is INSPIRE-compliant to third parties under the INSPIRE End User Licence.

In addition, you don't need to keep records when you are supplying your INSPIRE-compliant data:

That contains common geographies to other members of either of the public sector agreements (i.e. Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) to One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) member)
Where the licensed data has been granted a derived data exemption.
Where you have only used OS OpenData products or your own independently sourced data.
You will need to keep records if you are providing your derived data under the End User Licence.

You can use the End User Licence with your INSPIRE data. And - unlike when you are using the End User Licence – INSPIRE, you can also include other data including background/reference data. Find more information about the End User Licence.

Dependant on what data is being used.