Open Data Commons - OSSAT 14 April 2010

Show and Tell: Open Data Commons Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM Co-founder, Open Data Commons Board of Directors, Open Knowledge Foundation Lawyer and strategy consultant in IP/IT Wednesday, 14 April 2010 1

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Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org Wednesday, 14 April 2010 3

We promote open knowledge Wednesday, 14 April 2010 4

http://www.okfn.org/projects Wednesday, 14 April 2010 5

http://www.okfn.org/projects Wednesday, 14 April 2010 8

Why is open data important? Wednesday, 14 April 2010 10

Collecting data is hard... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11

More data allows cooler stuff Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14

More collaboration allows cooler stuff Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15

Open approaches increase collaboration Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16

1. Law as a component of “open” 2. Some of the legal issues with open data 3. Open Data Commons as a project Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17

• automatic © • worldwide • can cover databases • life+70 • no notice required Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19

Open Deﬁned opendeﬁnition.org Wednesday, 14 April 2010 21

• Use • Reuse “open” • Redistribute • Attribution & Share Alike okay http://www.opendeﬁnition.org/buttons Wednesday, 14 April 2010 22

Open data is the application of many the same principles and philosophies as free and open source software and open content projects such as Creative Commons to data and databases. Wednesday, 14 April 2010 24

Open Data Diffusion of Innovations / Technology Adoption Curve Wednesday, 14 April 2010 25

(contract) IP and Wednesday, 14 April 2010 27

Contents (the “data”) can be anything: facts, ages, dates, sonnets, images, text observation notes, IP addresses, postal addresses haiku, tweets, telephone numbers, income level, NI number survey responses, music lyrics, ﬁlm cast listings, patent numbers, ﬁling dates, marital status, racial information, education level and on and on and on... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 29

Contents of the database will be in a spectrum: Some will clearly have © Some will arguably have © Some will not have © (particularly facts) (many databases of factual information will still contain © contents) Wednesday, 14 April 2010 30

1. Content inside the © database 2. Database itself 3. Database software Wednesday, 14 April 2010 32

Database Rights Wednesday, 14 April 2010 33

1. Content inside the Database database Rights 2. Database itself Wednesday, 14 April 2010 35

contract Wednesday, 14 April 2010 36

contract Wednesday, 14 April 2010 38

Other IP rights Wednesday, 14 April 2010 40

trademarks ®™ Wednesday, 14 April 2010 42

Privacy vs Property Wednesday, 14 April 2010 43

Importance of data + Legal rights over data = Need for a legal solution Wednesday, 14 April 2010 44

OpenDataCommons.org Legal tools for Open Data 2007 → Talis → Open Knowledge Foundation Wednesday, 14 April 2010 46

open approaches increase collaboration Wednesday, 14 April 2010 49

Options 1. Ask for a licence. 2. Use under an exception (fair use or fair dealing). 3. Infringe 4. Use something else Wednesday, 14 April 2010 50

Options 1. Ask for a licence. 2. Use under an exception (fair dealing such as criticism or private study). 3. Infringe 4. Use something else Wednesday, 14 April 2010 51

GPL, FSF, OSI, BSD... = software Creative Commons... = content Data is different from software and content both legally and in what you do with it Wednesday, 14 April 2010 52

• No Public Domain tool for Open databases existed Data • Demand for a share alike Commons database license & CC seen as poor ﬁt Wednesday, 14 April 2010 53

Open Data Commons Legal tools: • Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) • Open Database License (ODbL) • Database Contents License (DbCL) • ODC Attribution (in development) Wednesday, 14 April 2010 54

Who is using and proposing to use Open Data Commons tools... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 55

Open Database License (ODbL) Wednesday, 14 April 2010 56

ODbL = <http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/> Wednesday, 14 April 2010 57

Public Domain Dedication & License (PDDL) Wednesday, 14 April 2010 60

PDDL http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/ Wednesday, 14 April 2010 61

Legal solutions for open data: (some options) Open Data Commons • Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) • Open Database License (ODbL) (+ DbCL) • ODC Attribution (in development) Creative Commons • CC0 Wednesday, 14 April 2010 63

Closing thoughts Wednesday, 14 April 2010 64

With thanks to kaitlin thaney / science commons Wednesday, 14 April 2010 66

With thanks to kaitlin thaney / science commons Wednesday, 14 April 2010 67

How you can help: • Volunteer to help bring open data to your community as a Community Contact. • Support the OKFN. • Join the OKF discuss list. • Feedback. Have an idea how we can help or what we should be doing? Let us know. Wednesday, 14 April 2010 68

Thanks! www.OpenDataCommons.org www.okfn.org/support Jordan S. Hatcher e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T com w: www.jordanhatcher.com All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/ Wednesday, 14 April 2010 69

Questions? Wednesday, 14 April 2010 70

Spacelab, Laboratory Module by cliff1066 CC-BY 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2911393890/ 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. Copyleft symbol Public domain http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copyleft.svg Edinburgh Map Map data CC-BY-SA Open Street Map and contributors Europe by Albertane CC-BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertane/120077777/ Linked Data diagram CC-BY-SA http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData#dbpedia-lod-cloud IMGP0809 CC-BY by mikefats http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefats/11545170/ (shelf of products) Handshake CC-BY-SA by Aidan Jones http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidan_jones/3575000735/ (hand drawing) Wednesday, 14 April 2010 71

data sharing: social and normative ISWC 2009 by kaitlin thaney CC-BY The Elect. Not the elected. CC-BY-SA by Steve Punter http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/spunter/2907555506/ Bibilios.net screenshot See https://biblios.net/ An empty tin can.by Sun Ladder, CC-BY-SA http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empty_tin_can2009-01-19.jpg All other trademarks are copyright / trademark their respective owners. Some works 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 and these exclusions or exceptions may not apply to you. Wednesday, 14 April 2010 72

Thanks! www.OpenDataCommons.org www.okfn.org/support Jordan S. Hatcher e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T com w: www.jordanhatcher.com All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/ Wednesday, 14 April 2010 73

Questions? Wednesday, 14 April 2010 74

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