[odc-discuss] version 1.1 of OdBL?

Tue Jul 20 12:03:34 UTC 2010

Hi Athanassios

Have you taken a look at the Licenses FAQ -- I think that this will help with some of the questions below.

<http://www.opendatacommons.org/faq/licenses/>

Thanks

~Jordan

On 16 Jul 2010, at 12:52, Athanassios I. Hatzis wrote:

> Hi there,
> it seems to me that there is confusion on the air, especially from non-IT
> people between "static" data that appear in database look-up tables and
> dynamic data, aka content of the database. Not to mention of course the very
> important topic on the design of database schema that is certainly an IPR
> issue that cannot be covered from CC licenses. On top of this one can add
> the "mechanics" of the database (i.e. procedures, functions, etc....) that
> are covered from software licenses.
> 
> My point is that it will help a lot of people if you add in your site what
> constitutes a software database, what are the current licenses available and
> what parts of the database can cover sufficiently. You certainly touched a
> hot potato with OdBL but it has to become more clear how it is
> differentiated from the other licenses, what parts of a software database
> covers and in what extent. 
> 
> I am happy that I combined OdBL with GNU GPL in MEDILIG project
> (http://medilig.org) and I certainly found a reason to act in this way as I
> felt that I am not sufficiently covered from only GPL, CC or OdBL. It is
> also a good case scenario if people that have used your license tell their
> story on what grounds they decided to add this on their project.
> 
> In my case one has to pay attention on what kind of data I have released
> with it. I will come up again on this topic as I owe a reply to Jonathan
> Gray.
> In the meantime maybe Jordan can shed some more light along these lines. I
> am not sure whether I have seen something on your site that explains these
> in a simple way.
> 
> Kind regards to all
> 
> Athanassios I. Hatzis, PhD
> http://healis.eu
> http://athanassios.gr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:odc-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Jordan S Hatcher
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:38 AM
> To: Jo Walsh
> Cc: odc-discuss at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [odc-discuss] version 1.1 of OdBL?
> 
> 
> On 15 Jul 2010, at 12:27, Jo Walsh wrote:
> 
>> dear all,
>> 
>> I'm looking to use the OdBL to license data from a research project.
>> We have visiting lawyers at EDINA and i'm planning to ask them, as well as
> JISC Legal, for an opinion on OdBL for licensing research data.
> 
> For research data, I suggest that inline with the recommendations in the
> Panton Principles and the Science Commons Open Access Data Protocol (for
> public domain for science data) that any legal review not concentrate on the
> ODbL but instead on the range of licensing options available. This would
> include paying special attention to our Public Domain Dedication and License
> (PDDL) and CC0 by Creative Commons
> 
> <http://pantonprinciples.org/>
> <http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/open-access-data-protocol/>
> 
> Apart from my personal opinions on the subject, Panton and the Science
> Commons work do reflect a desire by many in the sciences to go for a public
> domain approach.
> 
>> It occurs to me that there may be a version 1.1 in the works.
>> Is this the case, will changes be significant, is there an overview?
>> Is now a bad time to expend lawyer brain energy on version 1.0?
> 
> 
> Like any open license, we're trying to keep track of any suggested changes
> for a 1.1 version, but no, there is no 1.1 in the works that would surpass
> the current license anytime soon.
> 
> ~Jordan
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/33110521/Open-Data-Licensing-for-Digital-Humanitie
> s - a quick one page trying to explain to researchers why they may like a
> ShareAlike license.
>> 
>> http://chalice.blogs.edina.ac.uk/ - the specific project, but i hope to
> get advice i can push around a lot of digital humanities projects.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> jo
>> -- 
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>> 
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