Background:

MEXICAN GENERAL LAW ON HUMANITIES, SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION
4th Title: About Open Access to Information Derived from Humanities, Sciencies, Technologies and Innovation supported by the Mexican State
Chapter I - On Open Access
Article 56. In order to guarantee the human right to science, as well as the public interest, the information derived from the activities of humanistic and scientific research, technological development and innovation supported by the Mexican State shall invariably be open access, without prejudice to the applicable provisions on intellectual property, National Security or personal data protection, among others.

The Space Weather National Laboratory (LANCE) is hosted and supported by public (Mexican) means, resources, and infraestructure. In consequence and, as the Mexican Law mandates, all the products from LANCE, including those from REGMEX array, are open access.

Besides the Mexican law, REGMEX array, as many other partners among the scientific world, has adopted an open and free access policy concerning our scientific data. Here we understand by data the products derived from our scientific research and technological innovation like information, algorithms, scientific source code, documentation, models, images, and research results, among others.

Our Data Policy

Bibliographic citations should be included in the References section of publications and other related products or media to acknowledge the effort in creating and maintaining the data, provided by LANCE/REGMEX. Proper citations include the authors, title, publisher, and DOI. The list of research work available to citation is located at Publications Section.

In addition, REGMEX array shall be acknowledged as a data source when any of its data are used, this statement is particularly relevant to scientific and technological purposes. One standard format for acknowledgement is:

We acknowledge the use of data and/or products from REGMEX array (http://regmex.unam.mx), an initiative of the Space Weather National Laboratory (https://lance.unam.mx). Identifier (DOI or URL, when available).

Fair usage of our data

About the Data, the User and REGMEX

A "User" shall be understood as an organization that directly or indirectly makes use of the Data provided by REGMEX. The User is at all times responsible for the fair and responsible use of the Data.

We understand "Data" to be the products derived from our scientific research and technological innovation such as information, algorithms, scientific source code, documentation, models, images and research results, among others.

The Mexican Geomagnetic Stations Network or "REGMEX" (from Spanish spelling) is a project of the National Space Weather Laboratory (LANCE) that aims to provide useful information for the protection of infrastructure, technology and services susceptible to the effects of geomagnetic storms (GMS).

Data Rights and Related Issues

In order to provide REGMEX's data, we ask our Users to willingly agree and follow the next Cooperation Agreement:

1. Data exchanged between LANCE/REGMEX and the User under this Cooperation Agreement of will be exchanged without restriction as to its disclosure, use, or duplication except as otherwise provided below.

2. Data provided by REGMEX are, and shall stay, as open and free access, the User has no authority to modified these attributes. If there is abscence of any licency condition on data, the User shall assume to be aplicable GNU General Public License version 3.

3. The User shall acknowledge REGMEX's efforts to produce and distribute data and shall allow the data to be discovered and used by others, by crediting REGMEX as the source of the data and citing the relevant scientific work of the REGMEX team.

4. The user is in the knowledge that REGMEX data is provided without any warranty of any kind, either express, implied, or statutory, including, but not limited to, any warranty that the software or data sets will conform to specifications, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from infringement, or any warranty that the software or data sets will be error free.

5. In no event shall REGMEX/LANCE be liable for any damages, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages, arising out of, resulting from, or in any way connected or related with the use, modification, impelementation, manegement or distribution of our data.

The REGMEX team is committed to the production and distribution of high quality scientifica data. Our commitment is also oriented to the satisfaction of our Users, for whom we are always open to maintain communication to guide them in the acquisition and use of our data.