Licensing

Schmidt Ocean Institute is committed to the open sharing of information and materials related to science and technology research missions, advanced maritime learning, and the conservation of marine environments when used to inform and educate the public on deep marine biodiversity.

We are happy to offer a streamlined process for requests when usage falls within the parameters outlined in the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. However, due to our legal status as a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, no media produced by Schmidt Ocean Institute may be used in attempting to influence legislation or lobbying.

All usage must fall under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License, which can be found here.

These licenses cover any imagery, video, scientific annotation, and sensor data found in TATOR. If you are uncertain about usage and license, please contact SOI at datasystems@schmidtocean.org.