License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The Open Cacao Index dataset, prose, schemas, glossary, country overviews, and translations are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

What you may do

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Under these terms

  • Attribution — credit "Open Cacao Index contributors (kakao.io)" with a link to the licence.
  • NonCommercial — not for commercial purposes without a separate commercial licence.
  • ShareAlike — derivatives must use the same licence.

How to cite

Open Cacao Index contributors (2026). Open Cacao Index (Version 0.10.0) [Dataset]. https://kakao.io

Code

The build code in build/ is licensed separately under the MIT License — see LICENSE-CODE in the repository.

Trademarks

"Open Cacao Index" and the kakao.io wordmark are not licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; trademark rights are reserved. Attribution does not grant trademark rights.

Commercial use

Republishing the dataset in a paid product, integrating it into commercial services, or large-scale automated extraction for commercial purposes requires a separate licence. Favourable terms are available for journalism and small operators.

No warranty

The dataset is provided "as is" for reference, not as professional advice. See DISCLAIMER.md in the repository.