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The rule of thumb
Every dataset is public government or public-domain disclosure data, legal to collect and use for personal or research purposes. Redistributing it commercially is a separate question with real constraints:
Corporate / PAC donations
52 U.S.C. § 30111(a)(4) bars commercial use of individual FEC contributor data. api.py only ever serves corporate_donations_agg, a pre-aggregated view with contributor_name and sub_id stripped entirely.
Every other dataset (SEC EDGAR, USAspending, USPTO, LDA.gov, Senate/House disclosures, Wikimedia) is unrestricted public-domain U.S. government data. None of the above blocks personal use, local research, or the API as shipped.
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