Legal Notices & Data Licensing

Transparency about our data sources and licensing compliance

SportLineup Data Compliance Statement

SportLineup is committed to respecting intellectual property rights and complying with all applicable data licensing requirements. We aggregate sports data from multiple open and licensed sources, ensuring proper attribution and adherence to each source's terms of use.

Attribution Compliant

All required attributions displayed

License Tracking

Full data lineage maintained

Regular Audits

AI-powered compliance checks

Data Sources & Licenses

Detailed licensing information for each data source used in SportLineup.

Terms & Disclosures

Open Data Attribution

SportLineup incorporates data from the nflverse-data project (CC BY 4.0). We access and process the data using nflreadpy (MIT). When we redistribute original or derivative datasets, we preserve attribution to the nflverse project as required by CC BY 4.0.

No Affiliation / No Endorsement

SportLineup is an independent platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NFL, its clubs, or the nflverse project. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Required Attributions

No required attributions at this time.

Redistribution Notices

Important: Data obtained from SportLineup may be subject to redistribution restrictions based on the original source licenses. Before redistributing any data:

Verify the license terms of each data source
Include all required attributions
Respect share-alike requirements where applicable
Do not redistribute non-commercial data for commercial purposes
Contact the original data providers for special licensing arrangements

This data includes materials licensed under various open licenses including CC0, MIT, and attribution-required licenses. Redistribution requires compliance with all applicable terms. See individual source licenses above for details.

Copyright & Content Notices

SportLineup respects copyright and intellectual property rights. Where copyrighted content cannot be redistributed, we use:

AI-generated summaries in place of copyrighted text descriptions
Links to original sources rather than reproducing protected content
Factual data which is not subject to copyright protection
Licensed images and media with proper attribution

Some biographical descriptions and narrative content on SportLineup are AI-generated summaries created to comply with copyright restrictions on source materials.

API & Developer Information

SportLineup APIs include license metadata in responses where required. Example:

{
  "data": { ... },
  "license": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "NFLverse",
        "license_type": "MIT",
        "license_url": "https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data/blob/master/LICENSE",
        "attribution": "Data provided by NFLverse"
      }
    ],
    "redistribution_notice": "See /legal for full terms"
  }
}

Developers using SportLineup APIs are responsible for displaying required attributions and complying with license terms in their applications.

Legal Inquiries

For questions about data licensing, attribution requirements, or to report compliance concerns, please contact us.

Email: legal@sportlineup.com

Last updated: April 11, 2026