[od-discuss] Open Data Antwerp license

Sun Nov 11 19:11:56 UTC 2012

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Here comes another one. OD compliant? Any takers? ;-)
>
> http://opendata.antwerpen.be/licentie

I skimmed a machine translation. Seems to be a permissive attribution
license, but with problems:

    1. Definitions

    "User" - any use by natural or legal persons from administrative
documents, for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the
initial purpose within the public task for which the governing
documents produced

Probably not intended effect, but does "other than the initial
purpose" limit from scope uses which substitute for and perhaps
improve in some way the initial purpose?

    2. Object

    provided the user data is not distorted or misleading

    4. Obligations

    The user undertakes not to twist the dataset or the meaning misrepresent.

These are problematic in the same way the OGL's similar terms are.

    The user undertakes to take into account the respect of privacy
and personal data processing by law.

A follow-another-law-you-have-to-follow-anyway term.

    For data sets that refer to individuals is proposed that the data
may not lead to (re) identification of individuals.

This seems like a limitation on use, and difficult to comply with, as
avoiding possibility of reidentification is hard. And/or maybe a
follow-another-law term.

    The user undertakes to use the data as a good family man

I am reading a machine translation. :)

    The user undertakes the licensor to inform of missing or irregular
data he discovered in the datasets.

Seems like an active notification requirement.

     The user agrees that the use is not contrary to public order or
morality and not detrimental to the licensor.

Again problematic.

    7. Transfer

    The user may use this license to a third party only with the
written consent of the licensor.

I guess this simply does not allow sublicensing, which is fine, but if
it is more than that, perhaps not.

Mike