[open-government] We need international open government data principles

Fri Jul 8 11:49:25 BST 2011

Brilliant - is that this bit?

"AusGOAL requires the selection of the least restrictive of the
licences appropriate to the material being published.  The AusGOAL
Licence Chooser supports this decision making process. It is also
consistent with jurisdictional policies that require the CC
Attribution licence as the ‘default’ licence."

Who in Australia is currently responsible for work in this area?

J.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Baden Appleyard
<b.appleyard at ausgoal.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> AusGOAL prefers not to use the term 'default', although it is aligned with
> the Australian Government default position.  The principles actually state
> that you must use the least restrictive licence appropriate to the
> circumstances.  Now, we mean use CC-BY, but it wont be CC-BY in some
> admittedly rare cases.. eg.  contracts/licences already entered into by a
> government department may prevent the application of cc-by across some data,
> perhaps policy.. eg.  safety standards, where mashing up a safety standard
> wouldn't be in the public interest.
> The requirement is expressed in the Policy
> here: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/ausgoal-principles
> Cheers
> b
> ________________
> Baden M Appleyard
> National Programme Director
> Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL)
> Level 18, Mineral House
> 41 George Street
> BRISBANE, QLD, 4001  Map
> Phone: +61 (0)7 3405 0377
> Mobile: +61 (0)459 824 061
> Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/badenappleyard
> Web: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au
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> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Baden!
>>
>> Is there anything in AUSGOAL about open licensing? I could find
>> "license chooser" but nothing about (default) license guidance...
>>
>> J.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Baden Appleyard
>> <b.appleyard at ausgoal.gov.au> wrote:
>> > Jonathan,
>> > Perhaps the AusGOAL 9 Qualities of Open Data may be of interest?
>> > http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/ausgoal-qualities-of-open-data
>> > Happy to discuss.
>> > Regards,
>> > B
>> >
>> > ________________
>> > Baden M Appleyard
>> > National Programme Director
>> > Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL)
>> > Level 18, Mineral House
>> > 41 George Street
>> > BRISBANE, QLD, 4001  Map
>> > Phone: +61 (0)7 3405 0377
>> > Mobile: +61 (0)459 824 061
>> > Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/badenappleyard
>> > Web: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au
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>> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I just posted this on the OKF blog:
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>> >> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/08/we-need-international-open-government-data-principles/
>> >>
>> >> I'd really like to try and start a conversation around this again -
>> >> with key stakeholders from around the world.
>> >>
>> >> The key thing in my mind is consensus - rather than new content. We
>> >> have lots of good conceptual work, and clear wording to build on. What
>> >> is needed is to bring key people to the table and to agree on
>> >> something very short and very clear.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone interested? ;-)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jonathan Gray
>> >>
>> >> Community Coordinator
>> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >> http://blog.okfn.org
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>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://blog.okfn.org
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>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>> http://identi.ca/jwyg
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Jonathan Gray

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