Dataset licence register

Status key: ✅ confirmed · ⚠️ partly confirmed, check the publisher's page · ❌ cannot be redistributed. "Evidence" = what was read on 2026-10-07 (publisher-page summaries; some portals did not allow direct page access). Check the publisher's page and copy its licence text into the dataset card before redistributing real data.

Dataset	Licence found	Status	Evidence / caveat	Repo handling
Census 2021 preliminary data (Open Data Nepal)	CC BY-SA (dataset listing); copyright NSO Nepal 2021	⚠️	ODN site footer says platform content is CC BY 4.0 but the dataset listing says BY-SA → treat as BY-SA. Final-results terms on censusnepal.cbs.gov.np not read	Script-fetch; card says BY-SA; not mixed into CC BY text
Census 2021 microdata (NSO)	Restricted access	❌	microdata.nsonepal.gov.np	Do not use
Air Quality Kathmandu 2015–Mar 2021 (ODN)	CC BY-SA; author Hel Nershing Thapa; upstream OpenAQ; CSV ≈ 8.3 MiB	⚠️	ODN listing; check OpenAQ upstream licence	Script-fetch; BY-SA card
World Bank CCKP climate data	CC BY 4.0 (World Bank datasets default)	✅	World Bank data-catalog entries for CCKP list CC BY 4.0	Script-fetch; attribute World Bank
DHS 2022 microdata	Registration required; no redistribution "directly or within any tool/dashboard"; use limited to registered purpose; non-commercial	❌	dhsprogram.com terms of use	Never ship. Use synthetic teaching table
DHM station list / rainfall (ODN)	Not confirmed	⚠️	Not opened	Phase-3 verify; do not ship until confirmed
Earthquake 2015 housing / Open Cities	Not confirmed	⚠️	Not opened	Phase-3 verify
OpenStreetMap	ODbL	✅	osm.org/copyright (well known)	Fetch by bounding box; credit "© OpenStreetMap contributors"
School flash reports / education tables	Not confirmed	⚠️	Not opened	Verify before use
NLSS, LFS, economic census	Microdata restricted; tables unverified	⚠️	—	Published tables only, after check
Student-generated data	CC0 (our template)	✅	Consent form in community/	Allowed with consent form
Synthetic teaching tables written for this repo	CC0	✅	datasets/*/scripts/make_synthetic.py	Shipped; labelled SYNTHETIC

Exercise datasets (checked 2026-10-11)

Used in chapter exercises only; downloaded by students/teachers from the publisher, never re-hosted here. Full directory: ../datasets/free-datasets.md.

Code	Dataset	Licence found	Status	Evidence / caveat
RD-01	World Bank WDI	CC BY 4.0	✅	World Bank open data terms; API tested 2026-10-11
RD-02	Our World in Data	CC BY 4.0 (own work; underlying source named per chart)	✅	Chart CSV endpoints tested
RD-03	Gapminder	CC BY 4.0	✅	gapminder.org/free-material
RD-04	UN World Population Prospects	CC BY 3.0 IGO	✅	Licence notice on WPP files and reports
RD-05	USGS earthquake catalogue	US Government public domain	✅	FDSN CSV endpoint tested (≈300 events, Nepal box, Apr–Dec 2015)
RD-06	Open-Meteo historical	Data CC BY 4.0; free API non-commercial	✅	open-meteo.com/en/licence and /en/terms
RD-07	NASA POWER	Free; citation requested	✅	power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/referencing; endpoint tested
RD-08	Kalimati prices 2013–2021 (ODN)	Creative Commons Attribution (listing)	⚠️	ODN listing; site footer links BY-SA 4.0 deed — treat as BY-SA if unsure
RD-09	Annual rainfall by station (ODN, CBS)	Creative Commons Attribution (listing)	⚠️	Source is CBS Statistical Year Book
RD-10	Tourist arrivals 2001–2014 (ODN)	Creative Commons Attribution (listing)	⚠️	Source MoCTCA
RD-14	ICIMOD glacial lakes	CC BY 4.0	✅	RDS metadata records (DOIs in directory)
RD-15	HDX COD-AB Nepal boundaries	Check HDX page	⚠️	Public access; licence string not read
RD-17	Palmer penguins	CC0	✅	palmerpenguins package
RD-18	WHO GHO	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO	⚠️	Class use only; never mix into CC BY text
RD-19	Himalayan Database	Single-user licence; publishing needs permission	❌	Program guide "Software License and Terms of Use"
—	DrivenData Richter's Predictor	Competition-only use; no redistribution	❌	Competition rules