Sources and licenses
Every source, on the record.
The library is built from openly licensed and public works. Each one is credited inside the library on its own Sources page, with its license text and the date of its data. An item ships in a sold edition only after its license terms are met.
Encyclopedia text
Wikipedia contributors, packaged as offline files by the Kiwix project
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Text editions only. Each edition shows its date inside the library. Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, which has not endorsed this product.
creativecommons.orgMaps
OpenStreetMap contributors, as Protomaps basemap builds; low zoom levels include Natural Earth
Open Database License 1.0 (Natural Earth is public domain)
“© OpenStreetMap contributors” is shown on every map view. The map extract is offered under the same license.
openstreetmap.orgPlace search
GeoNames
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Credited in the search screen and in the notices.
geonames.orgOfficial preparedness documents
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Ready campaign
United States government work
Included once each document has been inspected for third-party content and seals.
ready.govAction cards
Written for Offgrid Brainbox
Original work
A card ships only after a qualified reviewer has signed it. Unreviewed drafts are never shown as guidance.
Offline reader engine
kiwix-tools by the Kiwix project
GNU General Public License
The corresponding source is provided with each edition.
kiwix.org