{"id":564,"slug":"noaa-nws-public-domain-disclaimer","title":"NOAA/NWS: information on NWS web servers is in the public domain — no attribution required, provided \"as is\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["regulatory-compliance","open-data"],"reference_body":"**Quote (National Weather Service disclaimer):**\n\n> \"The information on National Weather Service Web servers and Web sites is in the public domain.\"\n\n**Source:** <https://www.weather.gov/disclaimer>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Important \"as is\" clause:** NWS data is provided as-is with all warranties of merchantability/fitness-for-purpose disclaimed. **Reproduce this disclaimer in any derivative product.**\n\n**Legal frame:** U.S. federal government works are public domain under 17 USC §105. But this applies ONLY to *federal* works — state and local government works carry their own (often more restrictive) terms. NOAA name and visual identifier remain trademarked; cannot imply endorsement.\n\n**NOAA Coast Survey (2025+)** adopted Creative Commons licensing for external-source data — CC0 default, CC-BY 4.0 with attribution. Federal public-domain default still holds for NOAA-authored works.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"attribution-checklist-by-source","title":"Reference: compliance-grade attribution checklist by open-data source","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-public-data-private-moat","title":"Research brief: Public data as a private moat — building proprietary intelligence from government open data (piece 11 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.185Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.185Z"}