[od-discuss] Submitting a License to be Reviewed

Tue Sep 1 08:53:09 UTC 2015

Hello Herb,

Thank you for the reply. I am looking forward to seeing your and other members’ comments on the license.

Best wishes,
James

> On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Herb Lainchbury <herb.lainchbury at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks James.  For both submitting the license and for being persistent.  Yes, we've been busy with the new definition but we should still try to make progress, however slowly, on the other items on our plate.
> 
> I see Mike has commented on your submission.  I'll review his note and will comment if I have anything to add.
> 
> Thanks.
> Herb
> 
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> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:26 AM, James G. Kim <jgkim at jayg.org <mailto:jgkim at jayg.org>> wrote:
> Hello Herb,
> 
> More than two weeks ago, I submitted a license called KOGL to be reviewed in this mailing list as the email below, and I’d like to move forward discussions about this license with the Open Definition Advisory Council.
> 
> According to the license approval process (http://opendefinition.org/licenses/process/ <http://opendefinition.org/licenses/process/>), I need helps from you and other members of the advisory council. I know these days the advisory council and people on this list are quite busy with the Open Definition 2.1, but I hope we can have opportunities to make some progress on this discussion.
> 
> Thank you for reading this.
> 
> Best regards,
> James
> 
> > On Aug 10, 2015, at 1:18 PM, James G. Kim <jgkim at jayg.org <mailto:jgkim at jayg.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am submitting a license to be reviewed for conformance against the Open Definition. The license I am asking to review is the Korea Open Government License (KOGL), and you can find "Use Terms Guide for KOGL" at (in PDF): http://bit.ly/KOGL-EN <http://bit.ly/KOGL-EN>
> >
> > The information required by the license approval process is as follows:
> >
> > 1. The Rationale for the New License
> > The KOGL has been developed by the South Korean government (more precisely by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) to allow citizens' free use of public works without individual permission, promoting and facilitating the use and the reuse of public works.
> >
> > 2. A Non-reusable License
> > Similar to the other conformant open government licenses, the KOGL can also be used only by government institutions, local governments, and public institutions in the Republic of Korea.
> >
> > 3. Comparison to the Conformant and Non-conformant CC Licenses
> > Since the KOGL has been modeled after the Creative Commons (CC) licenses, there are four different types of licenses in the KOGL, and they are similar to CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-ND, and CC-BY-NC-ND licenses, respectively. But, the KOGL Type 1, which is similar to CC-BY, is the only one recommened by the government to use. All the other types are not conformant the Open Definition, so they can be listed in the Non-Conformant Licenses page.
> >
> > 4. The Benefits of the KOGL
> > Even though the KOGL is non-resuable, it's supported by the law – Official Information Disclosure Act – in the Republic of Korea so that a lot of government institutions, local governments, and public institutions in Korea are encouraged to release their works under the KOGL. This move will be beneficial to Korean citizens, and this will further promote the importance of openness in Korea, contributing to the global OPEN community.
> >
> > 5. Compatibility with the CC-BY License
> > As I noted before, the KOGL Type 1 is based on the Creative Commons Attribution license. However, the KOGL Type 1 has some explicit restrictions on prohibited use of information protected by other laws. For example, even if the work is released under the KOGL Type 1, personal and credit information, and military secrets can not be used or re-used by others. I think those restrictions make the KOGL Type 1 a subset of the CC-BY license.
> >
> > 6. The KOGL Website
> > As far as I know, there is no public drafting process for the license, but after the government announced the KOGL, the new Website (http://www.kogl.or.kr/ <http://www.kogl.or.kr/> in Korean) introducing the KOGL opened. You can find some Q&A boards on the site.
> >
> > I hope the KOGL Type 1 would be classified as conformant with the Open Definition. Since information related to the KOGL is mainly in Korean, it could be a little bit hard to review, but should there be anything I can help, please let me know.
> >
> > Thank you for your time.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > James
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> Herb

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