This document discusses data sources, data licensing, and related topics. It addresses the rise of free and open data, differences between open data practices in the US and UK, and various data licensing options including open licenses like ODbL and Creative Commons as well as commercial licenses. Examples are provided of open data from government sources and how one person's metadata can be another's data.

1. Data:
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
October 2014
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2. Agenda
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Why I care
Data sources
Data licensing

3. Why I Care
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The rise of free
Who owns facts?
What is the role of government?
US/TIGER v UK/Royal Mail
How open is open?

4. Data Sources
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Open
Commercial
Primary sourcing
One person’s metadata is another person’s data

5. Data Licenses
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What is a license?
Why have a license?
ODbL
Creative Commons
Commercial
Governmental/other
Case Study
Apple/OSM

6. Want More?
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PlaceIlive.com
sarunas.legeckas@placeilive.com
Geo conferences
FOSS4G, SoTM
Orgs/Misc
Open Knowledge Foundation
FOIA Machine
DocumentCloud
Center for Investigative Journalism

7. Pabaigos
ian@urbanmapping.com
linkedin.com/in/mapattack
post-employment.com
Homeless: find me in Dublin, Lisbon, Berlin, NYC,
London or you name it
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