Glossary

Plain-language definitions of key terms used in DDL-v1. The authoritative definitions are in Section 1 of the License.

Term	Meaning
Adapted Material	A new work derived from or incorporating the Licensed Material (translations, joins, aggregates, fine-tuned models, etc.).
Attribution	The credit line identifying the Licensor, the dataset title, the DDL-v1 version label, and where practicable a source URI.
Commercial Use	Any use primarily intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation (selling, hosting for fee, paid services, internal R&D for a product, etc.).
Dataset	The structured collection of data distributed under DDL-v1, plus its metadata, schema, README and config files.
Licensed Material	The Dataset and any Adapted Material the Licensor has placed under the License.
Licensed Rights	The rights granted to You under the License (copyright + Sui Generis Database Rights).
Licensor	The Datacustodia Dataset License organization.
Non-Commercial Purpose	Any use that is not Commercial Use (academic research, education, open-source, personal study, non-profit journalism, government use).
Publicly Released Usage Scenario	Any use communicated to a third party (paper, dataset, model card, app, blog, mirror, etc.).
Sui Generis Database Rights	Database-specific rights, separate from copyright (e.g. EU database right).
You	Any individual or entity exercising Licensed Rights under DDL-v1.
Your	Belongs to You.

Only stable releases (no suffix) are considered official releases for the purposes of Section 6(c). When in doubt, the build is treated as unofficial.