The document discusses open data initiatives in the Piedmont region of Italy. It notes that the region provides seed money for multidisciplinary open data research through organizations like nexa.polito.it and evpsi.org. It also discusses the region's international links to open data organizations and its use of Creative Commons licenses like CC0 to make datasets openly available by default with some flexibility.

1. Piemonte – regional dimension of PSI
 multidisciplinary research
 nexa.polito.it
 seed money from Regional Gov.
 evpsi.org
 University, Polytechnic,
Fondazione Rosselli (private
research foundation)
 international links
 Creative Commons
 Open Knowledge Foundation
 communia­project.eu
 lapsi­project.eu
 policy support
➔ dati.piemonte.it

3.  CC0 as default solution, with 2 minor issues...
 …absence of official Italian version ↔
“kind of dual licensing” as work­around
 do whatever you want or/that­is
receive the data under CC0
+…added statement about ownership of rights
 be sure that the government is the only right­holder
 direct application of CC0 to
all datasets already available online

4.  flexible guidelines
 if you deviate, they just ask you to explain why
 CC BY as only applied exception (1.5 years)
 when effort in making dataset was significant

5.  case study (past situation): “transaction costs”
 50,000 € = yearly revenues from geo­data
 cost = 1 full time person + meetings, etc.