Jordan Hatcher gave a presentation on open licensing and public sector information (PSI). He discussed the work of the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) in promoting open standards and developing open infrastructure tools. He explained OKF's focus areas including PSI, public domain works, and events/workshops. Hatcher also described the Open Data Commons which provides legal tools for open data licensing, including establishing boundaries, preferred license types, and ease of use for licensors and licensees.

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
• 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
• Propose your own!
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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
Original material Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland
Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/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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