Source compliance
SourceActs is a commercial service that queries official public sources and returns metadata plus publisher locators. Each note below is our compliance position for that source, with a link to the provider’s own reuse or copyright statement. Official texts remain copyright of their publishers. We do not give legal advice.
EUR-Lex / EU Cellar
SourceActs commercially reuses EUR-Lex legal documents and Cellar metadata with attribution, as the Publications Office authorises reuse for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
EUR-Lex legal notice (reuse and copyright)
WTO Documents Online
SourceActs queries unrestricted official WTO documents and legal texts, which the WTO states are free for public use. We attribute the WTO and do not use its logo or wrap paid publications.
WTO copyright and permissions
UN Official Document System
SourceActs returns metadata and official locators (undocs.org, Digital Library). Linking to UN sites is freely permitted; we do not republish UN publications as our own corpus.
United Nations Publications: rights and permissions
legislation.gov.uk
SourceActs commercially reuses legislation.gov.uk content under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which expressly allows commercial exploitation with Crown attribution.
Open Government Licence v3.0 (The National Archives)
Retsinformation (Denmark)
SourceActs queries Retsinformation’s public document-search, ELI, and harvest APIs and returns official locators. Danish statutes and statutory instruments are published by the state for public use; we attribute Civilstyrelsen / Retsinformation and do not use its marks as our own.
Retsinformation API (Civilstyrelsen)
U.S. Federal Register
SourceActs reuses Federal Register documents as U.S. Government works, which are not subject to domestic copyright under 17 U.S.C. § 105. We do not use NARA or Federal Register seals.
GovInfo copyright and reuse policies (GPO / NARA)
eGazette of India
SourceActs may source Gazette of India material: the Department of Publication posts it free in the public domain, and Copyright Act 1957 s.52(1)(q) treats Official Gazette matter as non-infringing to reproduce.
Copyright Office of India (Copyright Act, 1957, including s.52 exceptions)
Brazilian federal legislation
SourceActs reuses Senado Dados Abertos legislation metadata under the Senate’s open-data licence, which allows free use provided the source is cited.
Senado Federal: Sobre Dados Abertos
Canada Gazette
SourceActs commercially reuses Canada Gazette material under the Open Government Licence – Canada, which allows copy, adapt, and distribute for any lawful purpose including commercial use, with attribution.
Open Government Licence – Canada
Federal Register of Legislation
SourceActs commercially reuses Federal Register of Legislation content under CC BY 4.0, as stated in the Register’s terms of use, with attribution and no implied endorsement.
Federal Register of Legislation terms of use