[open-government] Question regarding license issues - campaign for a common EU OD license

Sun Feb 12 18:41:59 UTC 2012

I guess this campaign might be of interest to everybody on this list:

http://actuable.es/peticiones/say-to-neeliekroeseu-we-want-single-opendata-licence-in-the

extract from the petition:

"Support the establishment of a common European OpenData license
within the review of the Public Sector Information re-use Directive

Recently, the European Commission initiated the process of revision of
the European Directive on Re-use of Public Sector Information.

One of its main objectives is to provide a general authorisation to
re-use to citizens and businesses who want to make use of public
sector information for the creation of new services, generating
economic activity and enhancing the transparency.

The European Commission proposal of a revised Directive is certainly
bold and extends the current framework.

However, it has not defined a common European OpenData license which
should by applicable to all European Public Administrations.

The creation of a single public information re-use space in Europe
requires much more, it requires a common European OpenData license
applicable to all data generated by European public administrations.

This is possible. Royal Decree 1495/2011, approved by the Government
of Spain, provides an example of how a simple legal notice serves as
an open data license applicable in the state public sector – this sets
an easy to follow roadmap for implementation in Europe.

First, define a European OpenData license compatible with the
principles of information re-use without further conditions.

Second, set a transitional period after which the license is
associated with all information generated by the public sector in the
European Union.

Third, provide for the compulsory publication of such license in all
public administration websites giving legal certainty to all European
infomediary entrepreneurs and citizens wishing to make use of the
information.

Right now the European Commission and Member States are developing the
new directive, it is time that WE the OpenData community get our voice
heard in Europe. We ask the European Commission and the European
Parliament to include a common European OpenData license and a clear
deadline for adoption by all Member States in the revised Directive.

We cannot miss this golden opportunity in tapping the new gold of
public sector information!"

Regards

Jorge
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----- Mensaje original -----
De: Martin Kaltenböck [mailto:m.kaltenboeck at semantic-web.at]
Enviado: Sunday, February 12, 2012 03:56 PM
Para: open-government  <open-government at lists.okfn.org>
Asunto: [open-government] Question regarding license issues with mashed up	data from several sources using several licenses

Dear all,

is there any guideline & info / experience available
when mashing up data & information from several data sources
that have different licenses / terms of use (no info about this)...

So e.g. when putting together data from A) World Bank (that is free for re-use by terms of use),
B) data.gov.uk (giving the Open Gov Data License - free to re-use by attribution) 
as well as C) another source that has a CC license and D) data that I have collected 
by myself via e.g. a questionnaire and D) data from a website that provides no clear 
terms of use information....

2 Use Cases to clarify:

A) Publishing mashed up data & info from the given example sources above on a website 
called 'MashUp' (just an example title)
Is it sufficient (legally) to mentioned the sources of every data set? And thats it?

B) Providing these 'MashUp' again as a data set for further re-use (as e.g. XML or RDF)
- Is there a guideline that for instance I am allowed to publish a certain range of data 
for further re-use without a restriction (as it is e.g. for music) etc.....

Or: is the better approach to mention the original source & the original license per part of the 
'MashUp' data - what could become a huge effort if using lots fo data sources....
or becomes impossible because I have mashed too much and the original source becomes
unable to mention exactly...

Many thanks for support / infos / opinions - all the best - martin

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Martin Kaltenböck, CMC
Managing Partner, CFO

Semantic Web Company (SWC)
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