legal aspects of open government data, jonathan gray, 26.1.2011, belgium brussels

Legal aspects ofOpen Government Data

Jonathan GrayOpen Knowledge Foundation

2011/01/26/Brussels/FEDICT

data.gov.uk

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28 data catalogues

publicdata.eu

What is 'open government data'?

Re-use

From legal uncertainty...

… to legal clarity.

Open data: free for anyone to reuse orredistribute for any purpose

“open” =

usereuseredistributioncommercial reusederivative works

“do what you like”

may require:- attribution

- sharing back

C

opendefinition.org

Why?

Unlocking social andeconomic value

Two metaphors:

PipesSoil

How?

What kinds of legal issues?

Isn't it all really complicated?

PSI DirectiveDatabase DirectiveCopyright LawCompetition LawPrivacy LawFOI Law

From point of view of user: - Maximise reusability - Minimise restrictions

Keep It Simple

There are rights

Hence you need to give permission

A. Use an existing license/legal tool

Public Domain (no rights reserved)- Public Domain Dedication & License (PDDL)- Creative Commons Zero (CC0)

Attribution (you must give credit)

- Open Data Commons Attribution (ODC -BY)- Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

'Sharealike' (you must share back)

- Open Data Commons Attribution-Sharealike (ODbL)- Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike (CC-BY-SA)

B. Create your own license/legal tool

“Public data will be released under the same open licence which enables free reuse, including commercial reuse – all data should be under the same easy to understand licence.”

Public Data Principlesdata.gov.uk

Make sure it is “open” as in opendefinition.org

Re-use

jonathan.gray@okfn.orghttp://twitter.com/jwyg

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