[od-discuss] Is the UK Open Parliament License conformant with the Open Definition?

[Andrew Stott]

Jonathan

 

This seems to be based on the UK OGL v1.0 and so not conformant with the
Open Definition.  Perhaps it will be adjusted to align with UK OGL 2.0
(Note: in the UK Parliamentary Copyright is separate from Crown Copyright).
(Jo: perhaps you could enquire?)

 

The clause "ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the
information or its source or present the information in a way that
discredits the reputation or standing of either House of Parliament or their
members or their officials" is a big problem.  This goes much further than
the UK OGL v1.0 "ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the
Information or its source" and effectively negates the value of the
information for scrutiny of Parliamentary expenses and the like.

 

Regards

 

Andrew

 

 

 

From: od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org
[mailto:od-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gray
Sent: 25 July 2013 11:43
To: od-discuss at lists.okfn.org
Subject: [od-discuss] Is the UK Open Parliament License conformant with the
Open Definition?

 

Do Advisory Council members think the UK Open Parliament License is
conformant with the Open Definition?

 

http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/open-parliament-licence/


 

If there is consensus that it is, then perhaps we could add it to the
conformant licenses page under "Conformant Non-reusable Licenses"?

 

http://opendefinition.org/licenses/

 

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