Open Data Licensing Share PSI Workshop

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

Wednesday, 11 May 2011 1

Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org


We promote open knowledge


“genes to geo-data and sonnets to statistics”


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


OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data


interoperability + standards


Step 1. Deﬁning the boundaries of the licenses


• Use
• Reuse
• Redistribute
“open”
• Commercial use allowed
• Attribution & Share Alike
requirements = okay

www.opendeﬁnition.org


Step 2. Established a preferred license type


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



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



Only PD or BY
Licensing Standard = open deﬁnition
compliant licenses


Plays well with others
(wide interoperability)


Step 3. Make it easy for both licensors and
licensees


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/


Focus on IP:

copyright + database rights


OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data


ODbL CC-BY-SA

PDDL

ODC
CC-0

ODC-Attribution CC-BY


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


Next Step: International common principles for
open government data licensing

(suggest opendeﬁnition, plus PD or BY)


Thanks!

www.okfn.org/
www.publicdata.eu
www.opengovernmentdata.org/

Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org
Will be available on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/


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.


Thanks!

www.okfn.org/


Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org
Avaliable on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/


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