Open Data Kelowna
1435 Water Street
Kelowna, BC V1Y 1J4250-469-8500
opendata.kelowna.ca

Open Government Licence
City of Kelowna
Nov. 9, 2016

Open Data refers to municipal data that is free of charge and available for public or commercial use. The way thisdata can be used is regulated by a licence. This licence is based on Version 2.0 of the Open Government Licence Canada which was the result of Canada's Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16 . It was through this processthat the public and civil society across the country were consulted to determine a range of initiatives to improveaccess to Open Data, Open Information, and Open Dialogue.
You are encouraged to use the Information that is available under this licence with only a few conditions.

USING INFORMATION UNDER THIS LICENCE

Use of any information indicates your acceptance of the terms below.
The information provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive licence to use theinformation, including for commercial purposes, subject to the terms below.

You are free to:Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the information in any medium, modeor format for any lawful purpose.

You must, where you do any of the above:Acknowledge the source of the information by including any attribution statement specified by the
information provider and, where possible, provide a link to this licence.
If the information provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, or if you are using Informationfrom several Information Providers and multiple attributions are not practical for your product orapplication, you must use the following attribution statement:
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Kelowna.

The terms of this licence are important, and if you fail to comply with any of them, the rights granted to you under
this licence, or any similar licence granted by the Information Provider, will end automatically.

EXEMPTIONSThis licence does not permit any right to use:
Personal Information;
third party rights the Information Provider is not authorized to license;
the names, crests, logos, or other official marks of the Information Provider; and
Information subject to other intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks and official marks.

NON-ENDORSEMENT
This licence does not grant you any right to use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that theInformation Provider endorses you or your use of the Information.
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OPEN GOVERNMENT LICENCENO WARRANTY
The Information is licensed “as is”, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties,obligations, and liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under anycircumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage
caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the Information, even if specifically advisedof the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.

GOVERNING LAWThis licence is governed by the laws of British Columbia and the applicable laws of Canada.
Legal proceedings related to this licence may only be brought in the courts of British Columbia.

DEFINITIONSIn this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:"Information"means information resources protected by copyright or other information or records that are offered for use under
the terms of this licence.
"Information Provider"means City of Kelowna.
"Personal Information"
has the meaning set out in Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (B.C.).
"You"
means the natural or legal person, or body of persons corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this licence.

VERSIONING
This is version 2 of the Open Government Licence for City of Kelowna. The Information Provider may make changes
to the terms of this licence from time to time and issue a new version of the licence. Your use of the Information will
be governed by the terms of the licence in force as of the date you accessed the Information.

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