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source_id,name,kind,homepage,country,languages,license,license_url,terms_url,checked_on,quote_license,quote_bulk,quote_attribution,quote_terms,bulk_clause,robots,terms_automation,tracking_required,third_party_rule,access,est_articles_per_day,archive_from,credit_line,status,reason,notes
globalvoices,Global Voices,news,https://globalvoices.org/,INTL,en,CC-BY-3.0,https://globalvoices.org/about/global-voices-attribution-policy/,https://globalvoices.org/privacy/,2026-11-13,This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Please read our attribution policy to learn about freely redistributing our work,"If you would like to republish our stories regularly or under special terms, please contact us.","When you share, republish or translate our stories, you must include a link to the original Global Voices story and the name of the author at the top of the republished post.",,silent,allows,silent,no,"The license covers 'all content created by Global Voices' unless otherwise stated; it runs reciprocal republication partnerships, so items carrying another outlet's credit or 'otherwise stated' terms are left out; photos, video and audio from other creators are excluded",api;feed,1.54,2004-10-27,"This story by {authors} originally appeared on {source}: {title} ({url}), {license}",include,"Site-wide CC BY 3.0; the 'contact us to republish regularly' line is read as an invitation, not a condition (to confirm).","robots.txt crawl-delay 10 s; no separate terms of use exists (the privacy policy was read and is silent on automated access; it says misbehaving bots are blocked by a firewall); the policy page shows the license as 'Attribution-Only' and links CC BY 3.0; Lingua sites in about 50 other languages carry the same footer; the attribution policy, read again on 2026-11-14 with the same text, asks for translations only what it asks for every republication (the link and the author's name, quote_attribution) and does not mention translators; translators named on the site will also be named in the credit line (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-14)"
wikinews_en,Wikinews (English),news,https://en.wikinews.org/,INTL,en,CC-BY-2.5,https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Copyright,https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use,2026-11-13,"All material published on Wikinews after December 16, 2024 is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Material published prior December 16, 2024 but after September 25, 2005 is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.",,"This work may be attributed to ""Wikinews"".","We make available a set of APIs, which include documentation and associated tools, to enable users to build products that promote free knowledge.",silent,allows,allows,no,"Text is written by volunteer editors; the copyright policy bars copyrighted and other-Wikimedia text, and the footer license applies 'unless otherwise noted', so pages with a different notice are left out",dump,0,,"{title}, Wikinews ({url}), {license}",include,"CC BY 2.5 for 2005-09-25..2024-12-16, CC BY 4.0 after, public domain before; set each article's license by its date.","CLOSED: the Wikimedia Foundation closed all Wikinews editions; read-only since 2026-05-04 (main page: 'Wikinews has been made read-only'), so a fixed archive with no new articles; the footer says CC BY 4.0 'unless otherwise noted'; the WMF Terms of Use bar automated uses that are abusive, break usage policies 'or have not been approved by the Wikimedia community', and bind API users to the User-Agent and Robot policies; collect through the API or dumps under those policies Each article's license follows its date (commonswire.licensing): public domain before 2005-09-25, CC BY 2.5 to 2024-12-16, CC BY 4.0 after. Paths (2026-11-13): en.wikinews.org/robots.txt disallows /w/ (the MediaWiki API) and allows /wiki/ article pages for general user agents; CommonsWire reads only the dump from https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikinews/, which that host's robots.txt allows."
voa,Voice of America,news,https://www.voanews.com/,US,en,public-domain,https://www.voanews.com/p/5338.html,https://www.voanews.com/p/5338.html,2026-11-13,"All text, audio and video material produced exclusively by the Voice of America is in the public domain.","VOA does not grant U.S. domestic media permission for the blanket, standing or recurring use of original VOA content.","Credit for any use of VOA material should be given to voanews.com, Voice of America, or VOA.",,forbids,allows,silent,no,"AFP, AP and Reuters copy (named in the copyright statement as licensed, not public domain) is identified by agency byline or credit and left out",feed;sitemap,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"Point 2 fails: VOA's usage-requests page refuses U.S. domestic media blanket, standing or recurring use and asks for a request for each piece.","An official US government (USAGM) source whose own text is public domain; the refusal sits on insidevoa.com/p/5719.html, ties itself to the ban on propagandizing in the US, and addresses 'U.S. domestic media', so the maintainer may judge whether it binds a research corpus; the saved home page shows only a short 'Top Stories' list from a few language services (Kurdish, Ukrainian, Russian, Korean, Mandarin, Pashto), no English news sections and no visible dates (page metadata: last modified 2026-11-13), so English publishing looks sharply reduced"
statesnewsroom,States Newsroom,news,https://statesnewsroom.com/,US,en,NOASSERTION,https://statesnewsroom.com/republishing-guidelines/,https://statesnewsroom.com/privacy-policy-2/,2026-11-13,,"States Newsroom RSS feeds allow republishers to ingest free daily state-focused reporting directly into their own news platforms, following our republishing guidelines.","You must give credit to the original source – either the specific newsroom, or News From The States, including the web address and author.",,allows,allows,silent,no,"Credit goes to 'the original source' newsroom; on the outlet sites, stories from other outlets sit under /repub/ and name the original outlet; the top-stories feed mixes partner stories",api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"statesnewsroom.com names no license and publishes press releases, not news, while its outlets name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and its RSS page invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed: should this row stay a network umbrella that is not collected, with each outlet judged on CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 plus this feed permission?","Network of about 40 state outlets; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); the republishing guidelines bar selling the story, selling ads against it and paywalls (NonCommercial in effect); the state feeds 'contain all republishable stories published by the newsroom, minus stories from our D.C. or National teams'; the privacy policy is the only legal page found and is silent on automated access; no license or terms of use on the network site Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
georgiarecorder,Georgia Recorder (States Newsroom),news,https://georgiarecorder.com/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://georgiarecorder.com/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Georgia Recorder credit, including https://georgiarecorder.com and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Georgia Recorder's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
ohiocapitaljournal,Ohio Capital Journal (States Newsroom),news,https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Ohio Capital Journal credit, including https://ohiocapitaljournal.com and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Ohio Capital Journal's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page; a saved partner story from The 19th sits outside /repub/, so the byline and the 'originally reported by' line, not the URL alone, must be used to drop partner copy Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
floridaphoenix,Florida Phoenix (States Newsroom),news,https://floridaphoenix.com/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://floridaphoenix.com/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Florida Phoenix credit, including https://floridaphoenix.com and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Florida Phoenix's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
azmirror,Arizona Mirror (States Newsroom),news,https://azmirror.com/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://azmirror.com/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Arizona Mirror credit, including https://azmirror.com and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Arizona Mirror's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
marylandmatters,Maryland Matters,news,https://marylandmatters.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://marylandmatters.org/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Maryland Matters credit, including https://marylandmatters.org and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Maryland Matters's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page; part of States Newsroom (its pages say so); it asks, but does not require, a States Newsroom footer on republished articles Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
stateline,Stateline,news,https://stateline.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://stateline.org/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.,,"You must give Stateline credit, including https://stateline.org and author.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories from other States Newsroom sites (such as Stateline) sit under /repub/ in the URL; partner stories (such as The 19th) name the partner in the byline and carry an 'originally reported by' line; the outlet's /feed/localFeed carries its own republishable stories,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Stateline's own pages name CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); does the States Newsroom RSS page (statesnewsroom.com/rss-feeds/), which invites republishers to ingest each outlet's /feed/localFeed, settle bulk use, and is a NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license acceptable for the corpus?","States Newsroom outlet; robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); footer links only a privacy, ethics, DEIJ and AI policy (no terms of use read); article pages use the 'Republication Tracker Tool' plugin, but the republish code saved here holds no pixel or script, and no page requires one; AP and Getty images may not be republished; the license is stated in the footer of every page; the national desk of States Newsroom; the home page carries a Ford Foundation series marked 'SPONSORED COMMENTARY' ('This is sponsored content'), which is left out Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
propublica,ProPublica,news,https://www.propublica.org/,US,en;es,CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0-US,https://www.propublica.org/steal-our-stories,,2026-11-13,"Unless otherwise noted, you can republish our articles for free under a Creative Commons license.","You can’t republish our material wholesale, or automatically; you need to select stories to be republished individually.","If you’re republishing online, you must link to the URL of this story on propublica.org, include all of the links from our story, including our newsletter sign up language and link, and use our PixelPing tag.",,forbids,allows,silent,yes,Co-reporting partners are named in the byline; 'unless otherwise noted' marks stories under other terms,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This story was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: no wholesale or automatic republishing (stories must be selected individually) and the PixelPing tracking tag is required.,"The guidelines page links CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US; article republish boxes say 'CC BY-NC-ND 3.0'; propublica.org/legal redirects to the privacy policy, no terms of use read; syndication to third-party platforms is also barred"
theconversation,The Conversation (US),news,https://theconversation.com/us,US,en,CC-BY-ND-4.0,https://theconversation.com/us/republishing-guidelines,https://theconversation.com/us/terms-and-conditions,2026-11-13,We believe in the free flow of information and publish all our work under a Creative Commons — Attribution/No Derivatives license.,You can't systematically republish all of our articles.,You must use our page view counter when republishing online.,,forbids,allows,silent,yes,Articles are written by named academic authors; images under commercial licenses are flagged in captions,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: systematic republishing of all articles is forbidden and the 1x1 page view counter is required.,"robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider); commercial, non-journalism use may carry license fees; the terms and conditions are silent on automated access"
agenciabrasil,Agência Brasil,news,https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/,BR,pt-BR;en;es,NOASSERTION,https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/about,https://www.ebc.com.br/termos-de-uso-e-condicoes-gerais-do-portal-da-ebc,2026-11-13,"All content produced by Agência Brasil may be reproduced free of charge, as long as the source is properly credited.",,Reprodução autorizada mediante indicação da fonte.,é proibida a adoção de técnicas de clonagem ou de framing,silent,allows,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Agência Brasil lets anyone reproduce its own content free with credit but names no license (the footer reads 'Todos os direitos reservados pela EBC' and the EBC terms limit portal use to personal, non-commercial ends), and it mixes in partner-agency content without a stated marker: is this bespoke permission enough, and how should partner content be told apart?","Public news agency of EBC (state-owned); robots.txt crawl-delay 10 s; the EBC licensing page sells licenses for EBC works; the EBC terms bar probing security, 'clonagem' (cloning) and framing aimed at harming the portal's protections, which reads as a security clause, not a scraping ban; WebSearch shows 2006-2013 pages that named CC BY (2.5, then 3.0 Brasil), no longer on the current site (not fetched) Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
360info,360info,news,https://360info.org/,INTL,en,CC-BY-4.0,https://360info.org/about-us/disclaimer-and-copyright/,https://360info.org/about-us/terms-of-use/,2026-11-13,"Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.",,"If you republish an article , you must always attribute the Author/s and 360info as the creator of the material.",,silent,allows,silent,no,"Articles are commissioned from named university researchers; third-party copyright material 'will be noted with the content' (Terms of Use), and that material is left out",api;feed,0.45,2021-11-22,"{title}, written by {authors}. Originally published under Creative Commons by {source} ({url}), {license}",include,,Open-access research newswire with launch funding from Monash University (Australia); the terms add 'No additional restrictions' from CC BY; the terms of use are silent on automated access
scidevnet,SciDev.Net,news,https://www.scidev.net/global/,GB,en;fr;es;ar,CC-BY-2.0,https://www.scidev.net/global/content/media.html,https://www.scidev.net/global/content/policies.html,2026-11-13,SciDev.Net makes the written content of this website available for use by others under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence.,If you are interested in taking more than one article from our site our customisable webfeeds might be the answer for you.,"SciDev.Net must be credited as the original source of the article at the start, no more than three paragraphs in",,allows,allows,silent,no,Material owned by others is marked 'unless otherwise stated' and its source is indicated within the document or photo,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,"Every article page carries the line 'All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License', linked to the media page, which names CC BY 2.0; rows take CC BY 2.0 (ruling of 2026-11-13).","Run by CABI (Wallingford, UK); both versions allow verbatim redistribution with credit; the terms are silent on automated access; editions in English, French, Spanish and Arabic Article pages (2026-11-13): 'All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License', linked to https://www.scidev.net/content/media/; the terms page says 'Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence'. The CC links on article pages (CC BY 2.0, CC BY-ND 2.0) are photo credits; photos are never collected. English edition (/global/) only."
eff,EFF Deeplinks,advocacy,https://www.eff.org/deeplinks,US,en,CC-BY-4.0,https://www.eff.org/copyright,https://www.eff.org/policy,2026-11-13,"Any and all original material on the EFF website may be freely distributed at will under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY), unless otherwise noted.",,"If you redistribute something you got from the EFF site, it is appreciated if you make it known where the file originated, so people can get more info or updated versions.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Only 'original material' is CC BY; material not original to EFF is noted ('unless otherwise noted') and left out,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,,Advocacy organization's blog; robots.txt crawl-delay 30 s; no separate terms of use exists (the privacy policy was read and is silent on automated access)
meduza_en,Meduza (English),news,https://meduza.io/en,LV,en,CC-BY-4.0,https://meduza.io/en/pages/about,,2026-11-13,Meduza regularly releases its content under a Creative Commons CC BY license.,,"This means you can republish these select materials without prior approval from Meduza‘s newsroom, though you must identify the author (s) and source.",,silent,allows,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Meduza says all its materials belong to it and may not be republished without approval, except 'select materials' under CC BY 4.0 (its coverage of the war in Ukraine since 2022-02-24): should we take only those articles, and how can they be told apart from the rest page by page?","Based in Riga (SIA 'Medusa Project'); the about page says its English stories are translated with an AI model and reviewed by an editor (relevant to provenance); the license excludes photographs; no terms of use page found (only Google reCAPTCHA terms) Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
opendemocracy,openDemocracy,news,https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/,GB,en;es,CC-BY-NC-4.0,https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/creative-commons/,,2026-11-13,This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence.,Our general rule is that if you want to republish more than two pieces per month on a regular basis we ask that you contact us.,"You must, however, give credit to openDemocracy by displaying or printing “This article was originally published on opendemocracy.net” and follow the other terms of the licence.",,forbids,allows,silent,no,A licensing note at the bottom of each article page says which terms apply; some articles are under other terms,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This article was originally published on opendemocracy.net ({url}), {license}",exclude,"Point 2 fails: free republishing covers 'any single item', and regular use of more than two pieces a month needs openDemocracy's agreement.","The license is per article (CC BY-NC 4.0 on most), not site-wide; profit-making republishers must negotiate a fee; the Creative Commons page asks for exact copies; no terms of use page found"
mongabay,Mongabay,news,https://news.mongabay.com/,US,en,CC-BY-ND-4.0,https://news.mongabay.com/copyright/creative-commons/,https://news.mongabay.com/terms/,2026-11-13,Mongabay articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.,,"You must credit the author as listed on the original article (ideally in the byline), and Mongabay as the source, and also provide a link back to the specific web address of the article on Mongabay’s website (not the Mongabay homepage).",,silent,allows,silent,no,Articles under Creative Commons carry a CC badge at the top right of the page (copyright FAQ); third-party images are credited in captions,api;feed,5.6,2005-04-02,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Mongabay's guidelines page says its articles are CC BY-ND 4.0, but its copyright FAQ says only 'many' articles are, marked by a badge, and the terms reserve everything else; with bulk use not addressed, is a NoDerivatives license acceptable, and should we take only badged articles?","The terms say content is all rights reserved 'unless otherwise stated (e.g. under the published under license near the top of a page or article)'; the FAQ asks for permission for 'extended' use of full articles not covered by an article's terms; translations need permission; the CC links seen on saved pages are image credits only Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
nasa,NASA News,official,https://www.nasa.gov/news/,US,en,public-domain,https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/,https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/,2026-11-13,"NASA content – images, audio, video, and media files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format – generally are not subject to copyright in the United States.",,NASA should be acknowledged as the source of the material.,,silent,allows,silent,no,News releases are written by NASA; third-party copyrighted material is marked with the holder's name (media usage page),api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"NASA's media usage page says images, audio, video and media files are generally not under US copyright and lets news outlets use 'NASA content' without permission, but never names text: may we treat NASA news-release text as a US government work in the public domain on that basis?","An official US government source; the media page also rules on AI ('SI') use: outputs may not be attributed to NASA and use for training implies no endorsement; the important-notices link now redirects to the privacy policy, which bars only unauthorized attempts to upload or change information Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
nih,NIH News Releases,official,https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases,US,en,public-domain,https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/frequently-asked-questions,https://www.nih.gov/web-policies-notices,2026-11-13,Most of the information on our site is in the public domain and can be used without charge or restriction.,"For that reason, we urge you to link to our resource documents rather than re-posting. If you do re-post, please check back periodically to see if there are revisions.",,,silent,allows,silent,no,Third-party items carry their own copyright statement (FAQ); press releases are posted only if developed by or for NIH (web policies page),feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,"Site-wide public-domain statement on the NIH FAQ page; bulk silent, which passes under a public-domain statement.","An official US government source. The Web Policies and Notices page says nothing on copyright or reuse of text; the statement is in the FAQ's Copyright section, which also says copyrighted materials 'will include a copyright statement'. The FAQ urges linking rather than re-posting health publications and asks re-posters to check back for revisions (the monthly correction check covers this). Images are third-party licensed (text only anyway)."
dodnews,DOD News,official,https://www.defense.gov/News/,US,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"defense.gov answered 403 to robots.txt, so the project client read no page there; could the maintainer read the site's copyright or privacy-and-security notice in a browser and confirm that DOD News text is public domain or free to copy and distribute, with no terms against automated collection?","An official US government source. robots.txt answered 403, so every page is refused by the client; nothing was saved. Search results show defense.gov pages now titled 'Department of War'. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
stategov,US Department of State press releases,official,https://www.state.gov/,US,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"state.gov answered 403 to robots.txt, so its copyright page (https://www.state.gov/copyright-information/) could not be read; could the maintainer read it in a browser and confirm the public-domain statement for press releases and any terms on automated collection?","An official US government source. robots.txt answered 403, so every page is refused by the client; nothing was saved. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
kffhealthnews,KFF Health News,news,https://kffhealthnews.org/,US,en;es,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://kffhealthnews.org/syndication/,,2026-11-13,We publish under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.,How do I republish all your stories? We have RSS feeds available that can be ingested to your website or intranet.,Include a byline with the reporter’s name and KFF Health News.,,allows,allows,silent,no,Items KFF cannot license are labeled 'All Rights Reserved'; only staff-produced stories are CC; NPR-partnership stories carry partner credits,api;feed,2.3,2009-01-13,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"KFF Health News licenses its staff stories CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 and its syndication page explicitly offers all stories by RSS (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); may an NC-ND source with explicit bulk permission enter the corpus as an unchanged, noncommercial class?","Asks republishers to keep the standard tagline and to share traffic and engagement information 'when possible' (no pixel named). No terms of use page was found on kffhealthnews.org. The per-story republish pages were not read (they hold article text). Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
the19th,The 19th,news,https://19thnews.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"19thnews.org served a bot check page (status 200) for its home page and for https://19thnews.org/republishing-guidelines/; could the maintainer read the guidelines in a browser and confirm the license, any 'individually' or anti-scraping clause and any tracking pixel (search results summarize CC BY-NC-ND, a required pixel and a ban on scraping, which would make it exclude)?","robots.txt itself allows home and feeds; the pages answer a bot check. tracking 'no' only because no page could be read. Terms of service at https://19thnews.org/terms-of-service/ (not fetched: one try per site). Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
mississippitoday,Mississippi Today,news,https://mississippitoday.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,AP stories carry 'Associated Press' bylines (home page),api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"mississippitoday.org answered 403 for its terms of service and its republication page (https://mississippitoday.org/about/republication/); could the maintainer read both in a browser and confirm the license and the bulk and tracking terms (search results summarize 'select stories individually, not as a collection', CC BY-ND 4.0 and a tracking code, which would make it exclude)?","robots.txt shuts out AI crawlers (CCBot; GPTBot; ClaudeBot; anthropic-ai; Google-Extended; Bytespider). The home page was read (200); a topic page, the terms of service and the republication page answered 403. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
insideclimatenews,Inside Climate News,news,https://insideclimatenews.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0,https://insideclimatenews.org/republishing-guidelines/,https://insideclimatenews.org/about/privacy-policy/,2026-11-13,Creative Common License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0),"Bots. Do not republish our material wholesale, or automatically. You must select stories to be republished individually.",Allow tracking. A pixel tracker is included in the HTML provided for each article to measure the reach of our stories. Please make sure it’s included when republishing online. Do not remove it.,,forbids,allows,silent,yes,Material licensed from third parties may not be republished (user agreement); its marking is not described,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This article originally appeared on {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: Inside Climate News forbids wholesale or automatic republishing (stories must be selected individually) and requires its tracking pixel.,"Its user agreement (in the privacy policy page) says copyright is owned by ICN and republishing is granted 'upon request on a case by case basis', which differs from the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 guidelines page."
grist,Grist,news,https://grist.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,https://grist.org/about/promote/,,2026-11-13,"If you’re interested in republishing our stories online or in print, we just have a few requirements.",,That’s because we ask republishing partners to include a pixel to help us measure the reach of our stories.,,silent,allows,silent,yes,,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This story was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"Point 2 fails: Grist requires republishers to copy the HTML from its republish page, which carries a tracking pixel.",No license is named; the footer reads 'All rights reserved'. Terms of use at https://grist.org/terms/ were not fetched (the pixel already settles it).
truthout,Truthout,news,https://truthout.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://truthout.org/republish-our-work/,https://truthout.org/republish-our-work/,2026-11-13,"This article is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), and you are free to share and republish under the terms of the license.",You can’t republish all of our content automatically; you must select stories to be republished individually.,Stories must credit Truthout and any co-reporting partners.,"Do not scrape our site or repurpose our stories for SEO, ad revenue, or AI training.",forbids,allows,forbids,no,Only 'select original articles' carry the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 notice at the end,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This article was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: Truthout forbids republishing all its content automatically; point 3 fails: it forbids scraping its site.,"robots.txt sets crawl-delay 10. No separate terms of use page was found; the scraping ban is on the Republish Our Work page, which also forbids AI training use."
commondreams,Common Dreams,news,https://www.commondreams.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0,https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/midterms-democracy-in-action,,2026-11-13,Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.,You cannot automatically republish all articles; select stories individually.,Include the full name of the writer in the byline.,,forbids,allows,silent,no,Articles 're-published from other sources' are not licensed; organizations' press releases sit under /newswire/,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: Common Dreams forbids automatically republishing all articles; stories must be selected individually.,The Republish Our Work page says 'Creative Commons 3.0 license' with no commercial use; the article footer names CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. No terms of use page was found.
democracynow,Democracy Now!,news,https://www.democracynow.org/,US,en;es,CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0-US,https://www.democracynow.org/2026/11/11/headlines/federal_appeals_court_rules_trump_admin_illegally_fired_head_of_voice_of_america,,2026-11-13,The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.,Our creative commons copyright encourages YOU to republish DN! transcripts in any way YOU can.,Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org.,,silent,allows,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Democracy Now! licenses its original program content CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US and invites reprinting transcripts 'in any way YOU can', but says only that incorporated works 'may be separately licensed' without marking them; may this NC-ND source enter, and how would third-party material be told apart?","The license line is on every program page, not on a site-wide policy page. robots.txt sets crawl-delay 10. Pages are broadcast transcripts and headlines; a Spanish edition is at /es/. No terms of use page was found. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
votebeat,Votebeat,news,https://www.votebeat.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://www.votebeat.org/pages/republishing/,https://www.civicnews.org/tos,2026-11-13,"Unless otherwise noted, Votebeat stories are free to republish through a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.",,"Please include this line at the top of the story: “This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.”",,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories are CC 'unless otherwise noted'; the page does not say how partner or wire stories are noted,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This article was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Votebeat licenses its stories CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'unless otherwise noted' and is silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); may an NC-ND source silent on bulk enter the corpus?","Published by Civic News Company; its Terms of Service (civicnews.org/tos, read as a Chalkbeat page) defer to the republishing policy, are silent on automated access and say the Services are intended for US users only. Per-story republish pages were not read (they hold article text). Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
chalkbeat,Chalkbeat,news,https://www.chalkbeat.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://www.chalkbeat.org/pages/republishing/,https://www.civicnews.org/tos,2026-11-13,"Unless otherwise noted, Chalkbeat stories are free to republish through a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.",,Please include this line at the top of the story: “This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters”.,,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories are CC 'unless otherwise noted'; the page does not say how partner or wire stories are noted,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This story was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Chalkbeat licenses its stories CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'unless otherwise noted' and is silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); may an NC-ND source silent on bulk enter the corpus?","Published by Civic News Company; its Terms of Service (civicnews.org/tos, read as a Chalkbeat page) defer to the republishing policy, are silent on automated access and say the Services are intended for US users only. Per-story republish pages were not read (they hold article text). Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
healthbeat,Healthbeat,news,https://www.healthbeat.org/,US,en,CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0,https://www.healthbeat.org/pages/republishing/,https://www.civicnews.org/tos,2026-11-13,"Unless otherwise noted, Healthbeat stories are free to republish through a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.",,Please include this line at the top of the story: “This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters”.,,silent,allows,silent,no,Stories are CC 'unless otherwise noted'; the page does not say how partner or wire stories are noted,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This story was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"Healthbeat licenses its stories CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'unless otherwise noted' and is silent on bulk or automatic republishing (no 'individually' clause, no pixel requirement); may an NC-ND source silent on bulk enter the corpus?","Published by Civic News Company; its Terms of Service (civicnews.org/tos, read as a Chalkbeat page) defer to the republishing policy, are silent on automated access and say the Services are intended for US users only. Per-story republish pages were not read (they hold article text). Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
sdnewswatch,South Dakota News Watch,news,https://www.sdnewswatch.org/,US,en,CC-BY-SA-4.0,https://www.sdnewswatch.org/republishing-policy/,https://www.sdnewswatch.org/best-practices/,2026-11-13,"Our stories and photos are licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, which means you are free to:","No ads: Do not sell ads against our stories, but you may post them on pages with ads.","Attribution: Credit the full story or elements used (poll result, quote, graphic, photo or other content) to South Dakota News Watch.",,silent,allows,silent,no,AP and partner pieces carry their own bylines or credit lines and the 'News service' label (Best Practices Policies),feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"South Dakota News Watch licenses its stories CC BY-SA 4.0 but adds 'Do not sell ads against our stories', a noncommercial-style condition that CC BY-SA itself does not have: does that condition bind a free research corpus whose users may include commercial ones, or should the source wait until News Watch confirms plain CC BY-SA?","The policy adds 'No ads: Do not sell ads against our stories' to the CC BY-SA terms, although CC BY-SA allows commercial use; worth a line in the dataset card. No separate terms of use page exists that we could find; terms_url is the Best Practices Policies page (ethics and privacy), silent on automated access. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
calmatters,CalMatters,news,https://calmatters.org/,US,en;es,NOASSERTION,https://calmatters.org/about/republish/,https://calmatters.org/about/policies-and-standards/,2026-11-13,"All of the articles at CalMatters are available to republish for free, under the following conditions:","If you’d like to regularly republish our stories, we have some other options available.",include this copy: “This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.”,"You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of our Resources through any automated, unethical or unconventional means.",silent,allows,forbids,no,"Guest commentary is bylined 'Special for CalMatters'; wire photos (AP, Reuters, iStock) are not free to republish",api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}. This story was originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 3 fails: CalMatters' terms forbid accessing its resources 'through any automated' means.,No license is named on the republish page; regular republishing is routed to republish@calmatters.org. The terms also say reproduction or distribution is prohibited unless authorized.
texastribune,The Texas Tribune,news,https://www.texastribune.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,https://www.texastribune.org/republishing-guidelines/,https://www.texastribune.org/terms-of-service/,2026-11-13,That’s why you’re welcome to republish our articles and graphics for free using the following ground rules.,,11. Articles include a pixel to help us measure the reach and understand the impact of our stories.,"any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages",silent,allows,forbids,yes,Stories by third-party partner newsrooms are not available for republishing; their marking is not described,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: republished Texas Tribune articles include its tracking pixel; point 3 also fails: its terms prohibit 'any automated use of the system'.,"No license is named; the terms grant only a revocable, non-sublicensable license to reproduce and display. The automation clause's examples are about social features, but its wording is general."
marshallproject,The Marshall Project,news,https://www.themarshallproject.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"themarshallproject.org answered 403 to its home page and to a story's republication page; could the maintainer read a republication page in a browser and confirm the license and the bulk and pixel terms (search results summarize CC BY-NC-ND, individual stories only and a required tracking pixel, which would make it exclude)?","robots.txt itself allows home and feeds; the pages answer 403. tracking 'no' only because no page could be read. Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
undark,Undark,news,https://undark.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,https://undark.org/republishing-guidelines/,https://undark.org/terms/,2026-11-13,"If you are interested in republishing an original story, photograph, or other material that first appeared at Undark within the last 90 days, feel free to do so, assuming your usage meets the rest of our criteria below.",You are not permitted to republish all of our articles; you need to select stories to be republished individually.,"If you are republishing online, we ask that you include our page view counter — a single pixel and short snippet of HTML that lets us know how much traffic our story has received.",,forbids,allows,silent,yes,Only stories with a 'Republish' link are original to Undark and available,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,Point 2 fails: Undark forbids republishing all its articles (stories must be selected individually) and asks for its page view counter pixel.,Free republishing covers only material first published within the last 90 days; older pieces need the author's permission. No license is named.
inn,Institute for Nonprofit News,portal,https://inn.org/,US,en,LicenseRef-member-newsrooms,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"Point 1 fails: INN is a portal whose stories belong to its member newsrooms, so it holds no license to their text; the members are assessed one by one, later (ruling of 2026-11-13).","robots.csv: robots_status 403, state blocked, home and feeds not allowed; the home page was refused before any request (disallowed). A portal, not a newsroom."
africasacountry,Africa Is a Country,news,https://africasacountry.com/,INTL,en,CC-BY-4.0,https://africasacountry.com/about,,2026-11-13,"Unless otherwise noted, all the content on Africa Is a Country is published under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license.",,,,silent,allows,silent,no,content under other terms is 'otherwise noted' (About page); no separate rule for pieces first published elsewhere,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,Site-wide CC BY 4.0 'unless otherwise noted' on the About page.,"the license sentence is on the About page; the home page footer shows only a CC BY 4.0 link with no text; pan-African outlet with no stated base No terms of use page exists on the site, so no terms forbid automated collection (point 3 passes, as for a silent terms page)."
altnews,Alt News,fact-check,https://www.altnews.in/,IN,en;hi,CC-BY-3.0,https://www.altnews.in/about/,https://www.altnews.in/terms-and-conditions/,2026-11-13,"All the content on the Alt News website, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.",,,,silent,allows,silent,no,"Embedded social-media posts (tweets, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) are third-party and are removed as embeds; other material is 'otherwise noted'; videos are not collected",api;feed,1.1,2016-04-10,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,The explicit CC BY 3.0 grant on the About page and in every footer ('Content licensed under CC BY 3.0') governs; the 'All rights reserved' line next to it is boilerplate (ruling of 2026-11-13).,"the Terms and Conditions page covers donations only (silent on site use); Hindi edition at /hindi/; fact-checks embed social media posts, which are not collected English site only (the Hindi edition at /hindi/ is not collected)."
balkandiskurs,Balkan Diskurs,news,https://balkandiskurs.com/en/,BA,en;bs,CC-BY-3.0,https://balkandiskurs.com/en/republishing-guidelines/,,2026-11-13,This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.,if you’re interested in republishing our articles on a regular basis or under special terms,"You are free to share, republish, translate or remix our stories so long as you clearly attribute and link to Balkan Diskurs and the author as the original source.",,silent,allows,silent,no,"the license covers 'All content created by Balkan Diskurs'; photos, video and audio follow it 'unless otherwise stated'; how partner pieces are marked is not stated",api;feed,0.3,2014-06-04,"{title}, by {authors}, originally published by {source} ({url}), {license}",include,"Site-wide CC BY 3.0; the request to write in before republishing 'on a regular basis' is read as an invitation, as for Global Voices (to confirm).","the guidelines' example credit is 'This article was originally published by Balkan Diskurs'; published with the Post-Conflict Research Center; Bosnian edition beside English No terms of use page exists on the site, so no terms forbid automated collection (point 3 passes, as for a silent terms page)."
factly,Factly,fact-check,https://factly.in/,IN,en;te,CC-BY-4.0,https://factly.in/faqs/,,2026-11-13,"Except where otherwise noted, content on Factly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.",,"You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.",,silent,allows,silent,no,Videos are outside the license; embedded social-media posts are third-party and are removed as embeds; other material is 'otherwise noted',api;feed,2.3,2014-12-14,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,Site-wide CC BY 4.0 'except where otherwise noted' (FAQ and every footer); no terms page was found and robots.txt allows the feeds and API (ruling c).,the footer says 'Except for videos'; the FAQ adds 'We would also like to be informed about the kind of use' (a request); Telugu section English site only (the Telugu section is not collected).
freedompress,Freedom of the Press Foundation,advocacy,https://freedom.press/,US,en,CC-BY-4.0,https://freedom.press/,,2026-11-13,Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 where not otherwise indicated.,,,,silent,allows,silent,no,material under other terms is 'otherwise indicated'; photo credits name agencies (for example 'via AP'); photos are not collected,sitemap,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,Site-wide CC BY 4.0 'where not otherwise indicated' in the footer.,"robots.txt sets crawl-delay 10; the license is stated only in the footer; no feed link on the home page No terms of use page exists on the site, so no terms forbid automated collection (point 3 passes, as for a silent terms page)."
fides,Agenzia Fides,news,https://www.fides.org/en,VA,it;en;es;fr;de;zh,CC-BY-4.0,https://www.fides.org/en,,2026-11-13,The contents of the site are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,,,,silent,allows,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"No terms-of-use page was found and no page says how texts by others (Vatican documents, other agencies) are marked: may Fides be included on its footer CC BY 4.0 line, and how would third-party texts be told apart?","information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies, in Vatican City (a Holy See body); the license is stated only in the footer; RSS at /en/news/rss Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
mekongeye,Mekong Eye,news,https://www.mekongeye.com/,INTL,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,The home page and the About page both answered 403 to our client: can the maintainer read https://www.mekongeye.com/about and the 2024 contributor guide in a browser to find the license (search results say stories are under Creative Commons and may be republished 24 hours after publication)?,"robots.txt (200) allows our user agent, but pages answer 403; nothing saved; search results name Internews' Earth Journalism Network as its backer Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
milwaukeenns,Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service,news,https://milwaukeenns.org/,US,en,CC-BY-ND-4.0,https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/11/12/5-things-to-know-and-do-the-weekend-of-nov-13/,https://milwaukeenns.org/user-agreement-and-privacy-policy/,2026-11-13,This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.,"Don’t extract, store or resell Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service content as a database.","Credit should be given, in this format: “By Ron Smith, Wisconsin Watch”",,forbids,allows,silent,no,,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"The republishing rules on article pages say 'Don't extract, store or resell Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service content as a database', which forbids bulk reuse (point 2).",the license and rules sit in the 'Republish This Story' box of each article; the box's code carries a republication tracking pixel (no rule says to keep it); the credit example names Wisconsin Watch; the user agreement is silent
minorityafrica,Minority Africa,news,https://minorityafrica.org/,INTL,en,NOASSERTION,https://minorityafrica.org/about/,,2026-11-13,"Our stories are published under a Creative Commons License. To republish our stories for free, go here.","Currently, media organizations can republish our content for free within the Advance framework.",,,silent,allows,silent,no,,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"The About page says stories are under 'a Creative Commons License' without naming it and sends republishers to the Advance framework (a pilot with select media organizations since June 2022): which license applies, and may stories be collected outside Advance?","advance.minorityafrica.org is a script-only page with no readable text; the home and About pages carry an injected block of unrelated SEO links (AI tools, boat plans), so the site may be compromised; search results show one Advance story under CC BY-NC-ND Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
newcanadianmedia,New Canadian Media,news,https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/,CA,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"robots.txt answered 403, so our client read no page: can the maintainer read https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/ in a browser, and is the outlet still publishing (search results show a page saying New Canadian Media, Inc. was dissolved as of Nov. 20, 2024)?","robots.txt answered 403 (robots.csv state blocked, home_allowed no), so the client treated every page as disallowed; search results suggest older stories carried a Creative Commons notice; the outlet appears to have stopped publishing Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
sojoexchange,The Solutions Journalism Exchange,portal,https://sojoexchange.solutionsjournalism.org/,US,en,NOASSERTION,https://sojoexchange.solutionsjournalism.org/the-rules,https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/terms,2026-11-13,Looking for solutions journalism to republish in your news outlet under a Creative Commons license?,"Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form on servers, or other uses of the Content, except to the extent permissible under fair use principles, requires permission or license from SJN or the third-party copyright holder, as applicable.",Republishers must credit the original journalist and news outlet at the top.,,forbids,allows,silent,no,"every story belongs to another newsroom, credited to its journalist and outlet; the offering newsroom's own rules apply",feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"SJN's terms of use, which name sojoexchange.solutionsjournalism.org, require permission for 'systematic reproduction' of site content (point 2), and every Exchange story is another newsroom's work, which is third-party material.","a portal: no license is named, only 'a Creative Commons license' set by each offering newsroom; the terms' CC BY-NC 4.0 covers only the Learning Lab, The Whole Story and Collections; search results show a story page asking republishers to keep a tracking pixel (not read)"
tasnim,Tasnim News Agency (English),news,https://www.tasnimnews.com/en,IR,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,blocked,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"robots.txt could not be reached (connection error), so our client read no page: should the maintainer read https://www.tasnimnews.com/en in a browser for its license line, or should the source be dropped?","state-affiliated news agency; robots.csv: robots_status error, state unreachable, home_allowed no; search results show a CC BY 4.0 line on its photos page (not read) Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
zimfact,ZimFact,fact-check,https://zimfact.org/,ZW,en,NOASSERTION,,,2026-11-13,,,,,silent,none,silent,no,,,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"zimfact.org shows only a hosting 'Suspended' page, so there is no license or terms to read: keep it pending until the site returns, or drop it?","the home page (226 bytes) says the account is suspended by the host; robots.txt 404; the outlet appears to have stopped publishing at this address Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
oxpeckers,Oxpeckers,news,https://oxpeckers.org/,ZA,en,CC-BY-SA-4.0,https://oxpeckers.org/,,2026-11-13,"Content on this site, made by the Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.",,,,silent,allows,silent,no,the license covers content 'made by the Oxpeckers Center'; investigations end with a note naming the Oxpeckers author and programme; partner pieces' marking not stated,api;feed,0.1,2013-07-08,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"No terms-of-use page was found, and the footer licenses only content 'made by the Oxpeckers Center' without saying how partners' pieces are marked: may Oxpeckers be included, and is the end note naming the Oxpeckers author enough to tell its own articles apart?","the license is stated only in the footer; its link goes through a google.com redirect to the CC BY-SA 4.0 deed; reportage is also published through media partners (About page) Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
propastop,Propastop,fact-check,https://www.propastop.org/en/,EE,et;en;ru,CC-BY-SA-3.0,https://www.propastop.org/en/terms-of-use/,https://www.propastop.org/en/terms-of-use/,2026-11-13,"Texts, images and videos of propastop.org can be mostly used under the Creative Commons licence.",,References must be made in the form of propastop.org and a direct link must be added to the post.,,silent,allows,silent,no,material not under Creative Commons carries 'a relevant reference'; photos or texts where the author is named need the author's consent,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, propastop.org ({url}), {license}",pending,"The terms say texts 'can be mostly used under the Creative Commons licence' (linked to CC BY-SA 3.0), but also that 'texts where the author has been mentioned by name' need the author's consent and that content 'should not be used for commercial purposes': which articles are under CC BY-SA 3.0, and does the noncommercial wish limit the license?","the license link points to the Estonian CC BY-SA 3.0 deed; the terms say 'Propastop.org operates non-commercially'; English, Estonian and Russian editions Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."
thepublicrecord,The Public Record,news,https://thepublicrecord.ca/,CA,en,CC-BY-SA-4.0,https://thepublicrecord.ca/use-our-content-our-licensing/,,2026-11-13,"© 2026 Unless otherwise stated, All Original Content is Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)","if you are planning to use our content under the terms of our CC-BY-SA license, you don’t have to contact us for permission, the license grants it",We ask that you please identify our work using the author’s name and “The Public Record”.,,silent,allows,silent,no,"only 'All Original Content' is licensed, 'unless otherwise stated'; work used from other sites keeps its own license and is credited (licensing page, code of ethics)",api;feed,0.6,2013-06-28,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",include,Site-wide CC BY-SA 4.0 on a dedicated licensing page that says no permission is needed.,"the clearest case in this group: a dedicated licensing page that waives any need to ask; the privacy policy uses IP addresses 'to identify automated traffic and abuse' (no ban); Hamilton, Ontario local news No terms of use page exists on the site, so no terms forbid automated collection (point 3 passes, as for a silent terms page)."
educeleb,EduCeleb,news,https://educeleb.com/,NG,en,LicenseRef-all-rights-reserved,,https://educeleb.com/terms/,2026-11-13,This website and its content are copyrights of EduCeleb.com. All rights reserved.,,"Please, link back to the site if you ever need to use any of its content.",,silent,allows,silent,no,,api;feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",exclude,"The terms reserve all rights and grant only personal, non-commercial use of the site, so no license allows redistributing the full text (point 1).","the terms say 'You may access the material on the Site only for your own personal, non-commercial use'; no Creative Commons link on any saved page"
libertytvradio,Liberty TV Radio,news,https://libertytvradio.com/,NG,en,CC-BY-SA-4.0,https://libertytvradio.com/forex-will-go-into-real-development-with-adequate-local-fuel-supply-president-tinubu/,,2026-11-13,This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.,,,,silent,allows,silent,no,,feed,,,"{title}, by {authors}, {source} ({url}), {license}",pending,"An article page's sidebar says 'This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License', while every footer says '© 2025 Liberty TV/Radio. All Rights Reserved.' and the home page names no license: which statement governs, and how would wire stories be told apart?","the CC BY-SA 4.0 line is a sidebar widget on article pages only; robots.txt disallows wp-json; no terms page found Not pursued for version 1 (maintainer's decision, 2026-11-13)."