Data License — CC BY 4.0

License terms governing every public CSV download, JSON API response, and chart embed shipped from aicompanionpicker.com.

In plain English

You can copy, redistribute, and build on this data for any purpose — including commercial use — as long as you credit the source. The full legal text is below; this section is the “quick read.”

✓Commercial use is fine. Use the data in paid products, sponsored newsletters, or revenue-generating sites.
✓Modification is fine. Aggregate, recompute, transform, combine with other data.
✓Redistribution is fine. Re-publish CSVs or API responses on your own site.

Required Attribution

The license requires attribution wherever the data appears. To stay compliant include all three:

1.Dofollow link to aicompanionpicker.com. No rel="nofollow"; no iframe-isolated rendering. The link must pass standard SEO authority.
2.Methodology version cited. Currently v1.0. Lock to a specific revision so readers can verify against the methodology that produced the data.
3.Dated reference. Either “data as of [YYYY-MM-DD]” matching the _data_updated_at field, OR cite the dated snapshot URL when referencing a specific month.

Every CSV header carries a pre-formatted attribution string. Every API response carries an _attribution_text field. Copy verbatim to stay compliant.

Examples

✓

Acceptable

News article cites a specific number with a dofollow link to aicompanionpicker.com and references methodology v1.0.
Research paper imports a CSV, retains the comment-prefixed header rows, cites the dated snapshot URL.
Dashboard tool fetches the JSON API, displays attribution alongside each chart, links back dofollow.
Newsletter quotes a finding with caption attribution “Source: AI Companion Picker, May 2026 (methodology v1.0).”
Aggregator combines multiple sources, includes us in the source list with a working dofollow link.

✗

Not allowed

Rendering data with attribution stripped or hidden by CSS.
Adding rel="nofollow" to the attribution link.
Wrapping attribution in an iframe so the link doesn’t pass authority.
Claiming the data as your own (failing to credit AI Companion Picker).
Modifying header rows in CSVs to remove license / methodology metadata.
Republishing CSVs under a different (incompatible) license.

Full License Text

The legally binding license is the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. The plain-English deed is at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Where this page’s plain-English summary conflicts with the legal text, the legal text governs.

What This License Covers (and Doesn’t)

Covered: the data exposed via /api/community-pulse/*, the CSV files at /data/community-pulse/*, and the chart values shown on per-platform dashboards.

Not covered: editorial review content (articles, reviews, comparisons), the AI Companion Picker logo, brand name, and visual identity. Editorial content remains under copyright with all rights reserved. Requests to syndicate or quote editorial content extensively can be sent to nolan@aicompanionpicker.com.

The CC BY 4.0 license does not grant trademark rights. Linking back to the source for attribution is fine; using the AI Companion Picker name or logo to imply endorsement is not.

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