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From Licensing to Open Access: Designing a Sustainable Transition in Operational Weather Data

This translational article documents the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) transition from a restricted data licensing model to open access under CC BY 4.0, completed in October 2025. The policy context included EU open data requirements and alignment with international data exchange frameworks. The transition was implemented through a tiered service model that kept core forecast data open while offering operationally supported delivery as a cost-recovered service. Betwe

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Published: 20 May 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Safety & alignment · Copyright & IP
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (20 May 2026), “From Licensing to Open Access: Designing a Sustainable Transition in Operational Weather Data,” evidence record 3953, https://ethics.ai/record/3953 (originally published by arXiv).

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