Frequently Asked Questions Welcome to GEM's FAQ section, offering insights on sponsorship, participation, intellectual property rights, licensing, and trademarks. This resource aims to address common queries and assist in better understanding GEM's operations and engagement opportunities. Explore our FAQs for clear guidance on various aspects of involvement with us. Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn How to sponsor and participate 1. What kind of institution is GEM? The GEM Foundation (Italian registered name “Fondazione GEM”) is a non-profit foundation regulated by Italian law and based in Pavia (hosted by EUCENTRE). 2. How can my company or institution collaborate with GEM? The first and most complete option is to become a GEM sponsor (for more details, please see the following FAQ). If this is not possible for any reason, you can consider starting a specific project and then signing an institutional collaboration agreement. “Institutional” means that the object of the collaboration must fall within the institutional aims of the GEM Foundation, which are described in detail in art. 2 of the statute. Our legal team can provide you with an agreement template for institutional collaborations. 3. How can my company or institution become a sponsor of GEM? As provided in art. 3 of GEM Statute, to become a GEM sponsor you should submit your application to the GEM Governing Board, specifying the sponsorship category, the Sponsorship duration, and the name of the designated member of the Governing Board. Should the Governing Board accept the new sponsorship application, the candidate will have to sign a sponsorship agreement through which they commit to: respect the Statute and the GEM Foundation rules and regulations; disburse the annual contribution in support of the Foundation’s activities set by the Governing Board for the specific participant category to which they belong. Our legal team can provide you with a sponsorship agreement for your specific category. 4. Can GEM support my company or institution just as a consultant or a service provider? Yes, it is possible but is not our preferred approach. Italian law does not prohibit non-profit organizations from doing business as a commercial entity. However, this approach is less in line with our core values and mission. Commercial activities are also more expensive for GEM to carry out due to increased administrative overheads and taxes. For these reasons, GEM undertakes commercial activities only where doing so benefits the community as a whole. GEM reinvests any surplus revenue from commercial projects for use in institutional activities. 5. Which categories of sponsors are available? The GEM Statute includes three macro-categories of sponsors: a. Governor: they are voting sponsors and need to pay a financial contribution … b. Advisor: they are non-voting sponsors and need to pay a financial contribution … c. Associates: they are non-voting sponsors and do not need to pay any financial contribution; they may nominate a delegate to attend Governing Board meetings (without voting right). ​ How to use intellectual property rights and licensing 6. What are the main GEM Foundation intellectual products? As part of its institutional activities, the GEM Foundation produces software, datasets, hazard models, scientific and informative articles, research reports, slides presentation, infographics, maps and pictures. As is well known, these types of materials are protected by intellectual property rights and, except where otherwise specified, the GEM Foundation is the sole rights holder. 7. What is GEM's approach to product rights and licensing? The GEM Foundation adopts an open approach to the management of rights on its products and supports the spread of phenomena such as free software/open source software, open access, open data. With a few limited exceptions, all intellectual products by the GEM Foundation are released with open licenses, such as the Free Software Foundation licenses for software and the Creative Commons licenses for creative contents, datasets and models. Every file that is released on our websites is accompanied by the corresponding license. From time to time, please check the license applied. If in doubt, you can contact licensing@globalquakemodel.org . ​ 8. How to use GEM intellectual products? What types of licenses can be applied? In order to perform analyses using the OpenQuake engine, one needs both the engine software and a model. In order to use a model one must respect both software and data licenses. a. Software, AGPL The software license used by GEM, the GNU AGPL, allows users to use the software for any purpose, including commercial purposes, without having to request a specific permission and without needing to become active supporters of our projects. The AGPL does restrict (re)distribution and integration of the software - in particular it is not permitted to link AGPL software with closed-source software systems, even if this linkage is performed via a network. Users are permitted to modify AGPL software, however, users must remember to release any derived/modified versions openly under the terms of the AGPL. In essence this means that GEM software must remain open and cannot be made into closed products without permission. b. 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Project Name Products Mexico Hazard OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Mexico Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description The covering of Mexico (MEX) was developed by the GEM hazard team and within a project funded by Suramericana (Sura). The model was originally implemented in the OpenQuake engine. How to cite this work N.A. Available Versions The latest version (v2018.1.0) created by GEM can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. Other versions can be consulted in the model documentation. License information Currently, the model is only available under a restricted license that has to be tailored for each specific use case. Share License Custom license Available resources Documentation License Request Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products Global Exposure Model Global Vulnerability Model Global Seismic Risk Map Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles Global Seismic Hazard Map Related publications For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

Project Name Products Dominican Republic Hazard OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Dominican Republic Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description The Dominican Republic probabilistic seismic hazard model (v2021.2.0) was developed as part of the USAID-funded TREQ project. How to cite this work Johnson. K., Pagani M., Chartier, T. (2021) Probabilistic seismic hazard model for the Dominican Republic D.2.2.2, v2.0.0, October 2021. Available Versions An open version (v2021.2.0) is available for direct download under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. License information The open version is available under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license, which requires: *Attribution (you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made) *ShareAlike (derivatives created must be made available under the same license as the original) Any deviation from these terms incur in license infringement. In such instance please click on "License Request". Share License CC BY-SA 4.0 Available resources Open Version Download Documentation (English) License Request TREQ project website Documentation (Español) Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products Global Exposure Model Global Vulnerability Model Global Seismic Risk Map Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles Global Seismic Hazard Map Related publications Modelo Probabilístico de Amenaza Sísmica para la República Dominicana Read More Probabilistic seismic hazard model for the Dominican Republic Read More For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

Project Name Products Northeast Asia Hazard OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Northeast Asia Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description The Northeast Asia (NEA) model was developed internally by GEM. The active shallow part of the model is based on the combination of distributed sources and active faults, the latter obtained from the Global Active Fault Database of GEM. As for the case of Northern Africa, we have applied rate redistribution to better represent the spatial variability of seismicity. The deeper portion of the Kamchatka subduction zone was modelled as a combination of complex faults (the subduction interface) and finite ruptures (the slab zone) using the Subduction Toolkit developed by GEM. Border harmonisation of the present model with neighbouring hazard models, particularly with China and EMCA, posed a challenge in developing this model. How to cite this work N.A. Available Versions The latest version (v2018.1.1) created by GEM can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. Other versions can be consulted in the model documentation. License information Currently, the model is only available under a restricted license that has to be tailored for each specific use case. Share License Custom license Available resources Documentation License Request Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products Global Exposure Model Global Vulnerability Model Global Seismic Risk Map Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles Global Seismic Hazard Map Related publications For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

Project Name Products OpenQuake QGIS Plugin Plugin to drive and visualize OpenQuake engine results in QGIS Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description This plugin allows users to drive OpenQuake Engine calculations of physical hazard and risk, and to load the corresponding outputs as QGIS layers. For those outputs, data visualization tools are provided. The toolkit also enables users to develop composite indicators to measure and quantify social characteristics, and combine them with estimates of human or infrastructure loss. A post-earthquake recovery modeling framework is incorporated into the toolkit, to produce building-level and/or community-level recovery functions. How to cite this work Silva, V., Crowley, H., Pagani, M. et al. Development of the OpenQuake engine, the Global Earthquake Model's open-source software for seismic risk assessment. Nat Hazards 72, 1409-1427 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0618-x Pagani, M., Monelli, D., Weatherill, G., Danciu, L., Crowley, H., Silva, V., Henshaw, P., Butler, L., Nastasi, M., Panzeri, L., Simionato, M. and Vigano, D., [2014] “OpenQuake Engine: An open hazard (and risk) software for the Global Earthquake Model,” Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp 692-702 Available Versions The latest version can be found on the QGIS Plugin website. License information There are no restrictions on the use (commercial or otherwise) of the OpenQuake engine or its plugin. The source code of the software is available under a GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 license, which requires: Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the comple the modified version must be made available. Any deviation from these terms incur in license infringement. Share License AGPL v3.0 Available resources Public Repository License Request Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products OpenQuake Engine Related publications For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

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