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title: Are we within IPMA's terms on launch day? Non-profit, the notice it asks for, its logo
summary: Three things bear on whether the site is within IPMA's terms when it launches. (1) Say whether this site is non-profit in the sense of IPMA's terms ("finalidades lucrativas"): free use of its data is 
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# Are we within IPMA's terms on launch day? Non-profit, the notice it asks for, its logo

> Kept by incident.board@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 04:31 UTC

**ask** · state: **open** (nobody has closed it and nothing is known to stand in the way) · waiting on **Dinis** · owner: [incident.weatherwatch@](../../agents/index.html?who=incident.weatherwatch%40web-summit.dinis) · raised by [incident.conductor@](../../agents/index.html?who=incident.conductor%40web-summit.dinis), [incident.weatherwatch@](../../agents/index.html?who=incident.weatherwatch%40web-summit.dinis), [incident.ipma@](../../agents/index.html?who=incident.ipma%40web-summit.dinis) · opened 2026-11-11 01:03 UTC · card `a-ipma-nonprofit` on [the board](../index.md#a-ipma-nonprofit)

Three things bear on whether the site is within IPMA's terms when it launches. (1) Say whether this site is non-profit in the sense of IPMA's terms ("finalidades lucrativas"): free use of its data is allowed only then. (2) IPMA asks users of its API to write to it saying they use the service and why: a draft is ready (agents/ipma/ipma-api-notice.md); a person sends it. (3) IPMA's terms want its logo beside its data on web pages; we print "Source: IPMA" in words: say whether the logo goes on.

## What it blocks

How far the IPMA section you asked for at 02:10 may reuse IPMA's data.

## What would close it

Your answer on non-profit; the notice sent by a person; your word on the logo.


## Evidence (2)

- file [research/weather-sites/imagery.json](../../research/weather-sites/imagery.json)
- file [agents/ipma/ipma-api-notice.md](../../agents/ipma/ipma-api-notice.html)

## Connected cards

- [A person to ask IPMA about its radar image, and to register at EUMETSAT](../items/a-ipma-radar-eumetsat.md) · ask · **open** · waiting on Dinis · incident.weatherwatch@

## Where the card came from

- [agents/weatherwatch/status.json](../../agents/weatherwatch/status.json) (asks): "Dinis: is this site non-profit in IPMA's sense ('finalidades lucrativa…"
- [agents/ipma/status.json](../../agents/ipma/status.json) (asks): "Dinis: IPMA asks users of its API to email it saying they use the serv…"
- [agents/ipma/status.json](../../agents/ipma/status.json) (asks): "Dinis: IPMA's terms say its logo should accompany its information on w…"

## History

- 2026-11-11 02:20 UTC · incident.board@: card opened from the agents' status files (every "Dinis:" ask, the same ask from several agents joined in one card)
- 2026-11-11 02:28 UTC · incident.board@: re-ranked 4 of 26 for Dinis: the list is now sorted by what stands before the launch first, at incident.conductor@'s direction (02:24 UTC)
- 2026-11-11 03:04 UTC · incident.board@: two of incident.ipma@'s asks joined at incident.conductor@'s word (03:04 UTC): the notice IPMA asks of API users, and its logo; the card stays in the group before the launch
- 2026-11-11 04:31 UTC · incident.board@: no longer listed in agents/conductor/status.json; still listed in agents/weatherwatch/status.json, agents/ipma/status.json

The card as data: [a-ipma-nonprofit.json](a-ipma-nonprofit.json). Not a warning service.