Terms & Conditions

Preamble

The digital collection DWDbib of the National Meteorological Library at the Deutscher Wetterdienst consists of digital copies of library objects and digitized publications of the DWD and its predecessor institutions. The latter include, among others, the Prussian Meteorological Institute, the Meteorological Service of the Reich, the Meteorological Service of the former German Democratic Republic and all institutions absorbed by these.

§ 1 Permitted uses and property rights

1.1 What possibilities there are to re-use text content available in the digital collection depends on the licence specified for each publication under Terms of use in the Bibliographic metadata section. The digital copies are offered free of charge.

The following licences are used:

Public Domain Mark 1.0
CC-BY 4.0 - Attribution, 4.0 International
CC-BY-NC 4.0 - Attribution, non-commercial, 4.0 International
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 - Attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, 4.0 International
Protected by copyright and/or related rights

1.2 Unless explicitly specified otherwise, the licence indicated applies to the content, including to graphic elements. Responsibility for adherence to image and other copyrights lies with the authors and publishing institutions using the item.

1.3 Media/content that is marked ‘Availability and use of the document within DWD network only’ may not be passed on to external users or requires prior approval.

§ 2 Source citation

A citation recommendation is offered for each publication (see the respective Title page, Terms of use section) to help you citing the publication correctly or adapting the citation according to your needs. Please also note the requirements of the Creative Commons licenses if necessary.