Presentation on open data licensing and interoperability and standards in relation to open government data for the Share PSI workshop at the European Union in May 2011. http://share-psi.eu/

1. Share PSI Workshop
Open Data Licensing and PSI
Brussels, 11 May 2011
Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM
Board of Directors, Open Knowledge Foundation
Co-founder, Open Data Commons
www.jordanhatcher.com
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2. Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org
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3. We promote open knowledge
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5. “genes to geo-data and sonnets to statistics”
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7. OKF work
• Standards - Open Definition; Open Government Data
Principles; Open Data Commons
• Infrastructure & Tools – CKAN; kforge; datapkg,
publicdata.eu
• Open Knowledge Production – PSI, Public Domain
Works, WDMMG,
• Events, Workshops, and Working Groups – OKcon;
open data workshops; EU Open Data WG; Open
Government Data WG
• Community Support – very active
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10. OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data
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11. interoperability + standards
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12. Step 1. Defining the boundaries of the licenses
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14. • Use
• Reuse
• Redistribute
“open”
• Commercial use allowed
• Attribution & Share Alike
requirements = okay
www.opendefinition.org
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16. Step 2. Established a preferred license type
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17. 1. Public Domain Dedications
• CC0; PDDL or US gov
open 2. Attribution licenses
definition • CC-BY; ODC-Attribution; or UK -
compliant OGL
3. Copyleft / Share alike
licenses
• ODbL or CC-BY-SA
www.opendefinition.org
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18. 1. Public Domain Dedications
PSI
• CC0; PDDL or US gov
open 2. Attribution licenses
definition • CC-BY; ODC-Attribution; or UK -
compliant OGL
3. Copyleft / Share alike
licenses
• ODbL or CC-BY-SA
www.opendefinition.org
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21. Only PD or BY
Licensing Standard = open definition
compliant licenses
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22. Plays well with others
(wide interoperability)
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23. Step 3. Make it easy for both licensors and
licensees
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24. Open Licenses
CC-BY-NC
CC-BY-NC-ND
CC-BY-NC-SA
UK - OGL PDDL
Norway -
ODC
ODbL
NLOD
ODC-Attribution CC-BY-SA
CC-BY
CC-0
Public Licenses
http://www.jordanhatcher.com/2010/open-licenses-vs-public-licenses/
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25. Focus on IP:
copyright + database rights
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26. OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data
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27. ODbL CC-BY-SA
PDDL
ODC
CC-0
ODC-Attribution CC-BY
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28. Step 1. Defining the boundaries of the
licenses
Step 2. Established a preferred license
type
Step 3. Make it easy for both licensors
and licensees
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29. Next Step: International common principles for
open government data licensing
(suggest opendefinition, plus PD or BY)
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30. Thanks!
www.okfn.org/
www.publicdata.eu
www.opengovernmentdata.org/
Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM
Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org
Will be available on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher
www.jordanhatcher.com
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/
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31. The Elect. Not the elected.
CC-BY-SA by Steve Punter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spunter/2907555506/
Farmhouse with Silos HDR by ajagendorf25
Available here under a CC-BY license
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajagendorf25/3033960008/
The original Tux, the official Linux mascot created by Larry Ewing in 1996: Permission to use
and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The
GIMP if someone asks.
All other trademarks are copyright / trademark their respective owners. Some works, such as
screenshots, may appear here under exceptions or exclusions to copyright and trademark law
such as fair use / fair dealing and are not covered by the CC license over this work. These
exclusions or exceptions may not apply to you.
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32. Thanks!
www.okfn.org/
Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM
Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org
Avaliable on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher
www.jordanhatcher.com
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/
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33. Open
Data
Diffusion of Innovations / Technology Adoption Curve
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