[CF-metadata] conditions of use (of data)

[Manuel Fuentes]

Hi,

With two replies, one can already see two worlds:
data providers care, data users don't care ;-)

Bryan Lawrence wrote:
> ... however, the concept of having a pointer to a license inside a file had 
> escaped me, and it oughtn't to have :-) :-) It's a good one, and would be 
> analogous I think to the copyright claims in code etc ...
> 

... once the data gets off your hands
all metadata outside the file is lost !

> I would have thought we could have an optional global attribute of license, 
> which could either be text or a uri. (I like the idea of license better 
> because it's briefer, and reflects what one wants to happen).
> 

Agree! I'd go along with your suggestion:

// global attributes:
         :license = "http://data.ecmwf.int/data/d/license/"


Cheers,
Manuel