Content License

Content License

All DBL content items can be licensed as either Open access or Controlled access. 

Open access means any DBL member (individual users and organizations) may have immediate access and freely download content for use. Please comply with the licensing and attribution terms and conditions.

Controlled access means only DBL organizations may be granted a license agreement to access and distribute the content according to the terms in the agreement.

For Distributor Organizations

If you’re with a distributor organization in DBL, you would click on the Request agreement button to initiate the process for licensing to access the Controlled access content item.

For Individuals

If you’re an individual user, and you’re working with a distributor organization that is not yet a member of the DBL, click on the Add organization button to create a membership application. If your distributor organization already exists, coordinate with the DBL account manager of your organization to add you to the organization in the DBL so that you can request access to content.

For Contributor Organizations

If you’re a contributor organization and you don’t have any license templates selected, you will see a section titled Get started with templates. Read the article titled Managing Templates for more details.

After your organization has at least one license template selected, you can grant controlled access to your content by clicking on the Create agreement button. License managers may also manage all license agreements and requests.

Translation Resources

In the bottom section, license managers within the contributor organization can manage access to this content for translation work.