I noticed an observation graded research 6 months ago ( here ) is already on Gbif, but another that is RG for more than a year ( here ) is not… All listings for this species on Gbif here Maybe I’m missing something, but it looks like a bug (seriously).

[image] s-e: but another that is RG for more than a year ( here ) is not… the observation license is not compatible with GBIF, as it contains a SA clause. no bug here.

I would always examine copyrights first; if they are different types that likely explains it.

Shouldn’t copyrights only concern the photos, not the observations?

I am not a copyright attorney so would not presume to know, however there are numerous forum threads about selecting copyrights and perhaps that question may be answered within one.

[image] How to change the content licensing for an account in iNat Your copyrights cover three distinct things: sound files, photos, and the actual observation. You can change any/all of them by going to your profile tab and selecting “Edit account settings & profile”. Scroll down to “Licensing” …

Just to make it clear, in this case it’s not about copyright, all my obs are on the same license as the one I linked, and they are ported to Gbif.org . I was thinking maybe the script (Thai) used for the location is posing problems…

I see… iNaturalist might want to encourage users to share these observations with a different license than the photos then, as many Gbif data comes without photos anyway. That way it would not be 100% lost for those who use Gbif…

The default license choice does allow sharing with GBIF.

I understand, thanks both for your answers. The point is that a naturalist observation is not a personal, “original work”, it should not be a creation (we don’t don’t want something made up here), but only an accurate report of a reality. So unlike photos, audio recordings (or books, blogs, etc.) …

Some RG observations exported to Gbif and others not?

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ItsMeLucy February 13, 2025, 2:00pm 5

It would appear the Observation itself may also be covered.

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Some RG observations exported to Gbif and others not?

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