commercial delivery terms-SA 4.0

Wikipedia dual-tracks its content: article prose and the tables compiled from it carry "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (commercial delivery terms-SA 4.0) for article text and derived tables", with reuse requiring "attribution to Wikipedia contributors and share-alike licensing for adaptations".

The cataloged List of Largest Banks adds a provenance warning: "Underlying figures originate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and companiesmarketcap.com, whose own terms may be stricter." So the wiki layer is generously licensed while the numbers inside it may not be - a two-layer problem where complying with the visible licence does not necessarily clear the data's origin.

Share-alike decides product architecture. A bank-ranking widget built on the Wikipedia table must itself be commercial delivery terms-SA 4.0, which is workable for open projects and disqualifying for proprietary platforms. Teams needing closed licensing must source the underlying rankings from the original provider instead.

The layered-provenance issue compounds this: even if your derivative honours share-alike, the S&P-sourced figures may carry separate commercial restrictions that Wikipedia's licence cannot extend. Practically, that means citing the wiki article satisfies one obligation while leaving the deeper licensing question open - buyers doing regulated or commercial work should treat the table as a reference map, then license primary figures directly.

1. Apply share-alike to derivatives. Adaptations of commercial delivery terms-SA 4.0 text or tables must carry the same licence - plan product licensing accordingly.

1. Attribute contributors, not just Wikipedia. Reuse requires "attribution to Wikipedia contributors" per the cataloged terms note.

1. Trace figures to their origin. Ranking values come from S&P Global Market Intelligence and companiesmarketcap.com, whose terms may be stricter.

1. License primary data for closed products. If share-alike is unacceptable, obtain ranking figures from the original provider rather than the wiki layer.

Where to see it in context: bank-ranking-table.

Related entries:

• cc-by-4 is the same licence without the share-alike obligation.
• bank-ranking-table is the artifact type these wiki tables produce.

Industry context: diversified-banks data and regional-banks data.