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Open data sources and format rules — US/locale-neutral fake-data categories
Researched 2026-09-17 for embedding as data files in an MIT-licensed library. Geography/addresses and Swedish data are out of scope (covered elsewhere). Each item that was not read first-hand from the cited page/file is marked UNVERIFIED.
Licence key (what each licence means inside an MIT repo)
| Licence | Embed? | Obligation |
|---|---|---|
| Public domain (US federal work, 17 USC §105), CC0 1.0, PDDL, Unlicense | Yes | None; cite the source in the data file header as courtesy |
| MIT, BSD-2, ISC | Yes | Keep the copyright + permission notice next to the copied data |
| Unicode License v3 (OSI-approved 2023-11-17, verified) | Yes | Notice in LICENSE/NOTICE or docs |
| WordNet License (verified at wordnet.princeton.edu) | Yes | Notice + disclaimer on all copies; no Princeton name in advertising |
| W3C Document License 2023 | Yes (data tables) | Notice "includes material copied from or derived from |