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Legal aspects of open government data, Jonathan Gray, 26.1.2011, Belgium Brussels
The document discusses the legal aspects of open government data, emphasizing the need for clarity in data reuse rights to unlock social and economic value. It categorizes different legal tools, such as public domain licenses and Creative Commons licenses, to facilitate data sharing with minimal restrictions. The document encourages the use of straightforward licenses to ensure that public data can be freely reused, including for commercial purposes.
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- 1. 2011/01/26/Brussels/FEDICT Legal aspects of OpenGovernment Data Jonathan Gray Open Knowledge Foundation
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- 9. What is 'opengovernment data'?
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- 12. … to legalclarity.
- 13. Open data: freefor anyone to reuse or redistribute for any purpose
- 14. use reuse “open” = redistribution commercial reuse C derivative works “do what you like” may require: - attribution - sharing back
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- 17. Unlocking social and economic value
- 18. Two metaphors: Soil Pipes
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- 24. What kinds oflegal issues?
- 25. Isn't it allreally complicated?
- 26. PSI Directive Database Directive CopyrightLaw Competition Law Privacy Law FOI Law
- 27. From point ofview of user: - Maximise reusability - Minimise restrictions
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- 30. Hence you needto give permission
- 31. A. Use an existinglicense/legal tool
- 32. Public Domain (norights 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)
- 33. B. Create your ownlicense/legal tool
- 35. “Public data willbe 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 Principles data.gov.uk
- 36. Make sure itis “open” as in opendefinition.org
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- 40. Image credits Imagesby Otto Neurath and the Isotype Institute from Fulltable Pierre Vivant's Traffic Light Tree by William Warby The Green Light by Ted Percival Plumbing bits by cmurtaugh Mount Fear East London by Abigail Reynolds Compost 06/08/2007 by suavehouse113 These slides are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike License. While most images are available under an open license (see above) some are used for illustrative purposes and rights may be reserved by their creators.