P1 GATE (RESEARCH_PROGRAM Part VII): every row must reach status CLEARED before the first public print. No row may be cleared from memory; each clearance requires reading the source's current license text and recording URL + date. All rows start (verify).
| Source | License (as recorded Aug 2026) | Commercial use | Role in TLY | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN WPP 2024 | CC BY 3.0 IGO — the UN's own WPP index states it verbatim (wpp_downloads_index.json, snapshotted 2026-08-17) and the CC deed (cc_by_30_igo_deed.html) confirms share/adapt 'for any purpose, even commercially', irrevocable, attribution required | OK, with attribution + citation per UN suggested form | Source of record: population + life tables | CLEARED 2026-08-17 |
| Our World in Data grapher | CC BY for OWID's own charts/articles/data ('unless stated otherwise' — owid_about.html, snapshotted 2026-08-17); third-party data subject to upstream licenses, which for our WPP series is UN CC BY 3.0 IGO (CLEARED above) | OK with attribution; cite both OWID processing and UN source (citation strings are in the snapshotted grapher metadata) | Clean CSV mirror of WPP series | CLEARED 2026-08-17 |
| WHO GHO / GHE | CONFIRMED non-commercial: publications CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (who_copyright.html); data policy grants 'non-commercial, not-for-profit use... for public health purposes' (who_data-policy.html); both snapshotted 2026-08-17 | NOT usable in a commercial index product — the reason WPP is source of record | Triangulation only — never source of record; v0 research use compatible | VERIFIED-RESTRICTED 2026-08-17 |
| HMD | CC BY 4.0 for constructed data (exposure-to-risk, death rates, life tables); INPUT data 'remain under each provider's distribution license' — never redistribute inputs. Required: HMD acknowledgment, the specified citation form, and noting the download date (our manifest retrieved_utc satisfies this). Evidence: hmd_user_agreement.html | OK for constructed data with attribution + citation; inputs excluded | Research-grade life tables, exposures | CLEARED-CONSTRUCTED-ONLY 2026-08-17; access needs free account (HUMAN B-uc2-02) |
| HMD STMF | CC BY 4.0 (STMF OUTPUTS are HMD-constructed; the agreement offers an STMF-specific citation form); STMF INPUT files (STMFinput.zip) remain under provider licenses — outputs only | OK with attribution + STMF citation | Weekly deaths nowcast | CLEARED-CONSTRUCTED-ONLY 2026-08-17; NOT keyless (302→Login; HUMAN B-uc2-02); G6 conflict logged |
| World Mortality Dataset (Karlinsky & Kobak) | MIT (LICENSE fetched+snapshotted 2026-08-17: wmd_LICENSE.txt) | OK | Broad excess-death compilation; keyless nowcast feed candidate | CLEARED 2026-08-17 (B-uc3-10 confirms the B-uc2-03a verification); observed data ends 2024-12 (staleness (verify)) |
| Eurostat weekly deaths | EU Commission reuse policy: EU-owned content CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise indicated (eurostat_legal_notice.html, snapshotted 2026-08-17) | OK with attribution + change indication | EU nowcast | CLEARED 2026-08-17 |
| CDC provisional deaths | Most CDC/ATSDR information public domain, freely usable (cdc_materials.html, snapshotted 2026-08-17; per-dataset exceptions possible — check dataset pages at ingestion) | OK | US nowcast | CLEARED 2026-08-17 |
| UCDP GED | All datasets free of charge, CC BY 4.0, redistributable with citation (ucdp_downloads_page.html, snapshotted 2026-08-17). NOTE: the API is now token-authenticated (ucdp_apidocs.html) — use keyless BULK DOWNLOADS to preserve G6 | OK with citation | Conflict shock feed | CLEARED 2026-08-17 (bulk route) |
| ACLED | Commercial license required (verify) | HUMAN: purchase license | Conflict shock feed | HUMAN |
| EM-DAT | License needed for commercial use (verify) | HUMAN: obtain license | Disaster shock feed | HUMAN |
| Economist excess-mortality model | Repo is MIT per the GitHub license API (economist_model_license_api.json, snapshotted 2026-08-17); outputs live in the MIT repo | OK with license notice | Imputation layer, labeled as model | CLEARED 2026-08-17 |
| IHME GBD | Free-of-Charge NON-COMMERCIAL User Agreement CONFIRMED (ihme_terms.html, snapshotted 2026-08-17) | NOT usable commercially — triangulation only | Cause decomposition, YLL cross-check | VERIFIED-RESTRICTED 2026-08-17 |
| UBS Global Wealth Report | Proprietary report; role limited to quoting headline figures with citation (no data redistribution; not in any compute path) | Citation only | Wealth denominator context (whitepaper only) | ROLE-LIMITED (verify on report terms if role ever expands) |
Change process: a row's status changes only with a link to the license text and a retrieval date, committed in the same change.
Status vocabulary: (verify) = recorded from memory, unconfirmed; VERIFIED-RESTRICTED = terms read, source unusable commercially (role limited accordingly); CLEARED-CONSTRUCTED-ONLY = cleared for the provider's constructed outputs, inputs excluded; CLEARED = cleared for the project's intended use with attribution. HUMAN = license purchase or account action pending.