Share PSI Workshop

Open Data Licensing and PSI

Brussels, 11 May 2011

Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM

Board of Directors, Open Knowledge FoundationCo-founder, Open Data Commons

www.jordanhatcher.com

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Open Knowledge Foundationhttp://www.okfn.org

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We promote open knowledge

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“genes to geo-data and sonnets to statistics”

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OKF work

• Standards - Open Definition; Open Government Data Principles; Open Data Commons

• Infrastructure & Tools – CKAN; kforge; datapkg

• 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

• Propose your own!

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OpenDataCommons.org

Legal tools for Open Data

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interoperability + standards

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Step 1. Defining the boundaries of the licenses

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• Use

• Reuse

• Redistribute

• Commercial use allowed

• Attribution & Share Alike requirements = okay

“open”

www.opendefinition.org

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Step 2. Established a preferred license type

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1. Public Domain Dedications

• CC0; PDDL or US gov

2. Attribution licenses

• CC-BY; ODC-Attribution; or UK - OGL

3. Copyleft / Share alike licenses

• ODbL or CC-BY-SA

open definition compliant

www.opendefinition.org

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1. Public Domain Dedications

• CC0; PDDL or US gov

2. Attribution licenses

• CC-BY; ODC-Attribution; or UK - OGL

3. Copyleft / Share alike licenses

• ODbL or CC-BY-SA

open definition compliant

www.opendefinition.org

PSI

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Licensing Standard =Only PD or BYopen definition compliant licenses

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Plays well with others(wide interoperability)

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Step 3. Make it easy for both licensors and licensees

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Open Licenses

Public Licenses

CC-BYCC-BY-SA

ODCCC-BY-NC-SA

CC-BY-NC-NDCC-BY-NC

PDDL

ODbL

ODC-Attribution

UK - OGL

Norway - NLOD

CC-0

http://www.jordanhatcher.com/2010/open-licenses-vs-public-licenses/

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Focus on IP:

copyright + database rights

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OpenDataCommons.org

Legal tools for Open Data

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ODC

ODC-Attribution

PDDL

ODbL CC-BY-SA

CC-BY

CC-0

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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

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Next Step: International common principles for open government data licensing

(suggest opendefinition, plus PD or BY)

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Thanks!

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

Original material Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/

Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM

Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org

Will be available on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher www.jordanhatcher.com

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The Elect. Not the elected.CC-BY-SA by Steve Punterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/spunter/2907555506/

Farmhouse with Silos HDR by ajagendorf25 Available here under a CC-BY licensehttp://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.

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Thanks!

www.okfn.org/

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

Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM

Email: jordan DOT hatcher ]at[ okfn DOT org

Avaliable on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/jordanhatcher www.jordanhatcher.com

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Diffusion of Innovations / Technology Adoption Curve

OpenData

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