[okfn-discuss] Re: Open data licensing

Thu May 24 19:56:04 UTC 2007

Nate, all

In a previous role, I funded some research to look at the applicability of
CC to (UK) public sector resources.

The report, from 2005, is here - http://www.intrallect.com/cie-study/

Paul

On 24/5/07 18:09, Nate Olson wrote:

> Rufus,
> 
> This sounds like a good idea, both to clear away current confusion
> and to improve understanding on new issues as they arise. And as you
> suggest, the work done here could pretty seamlessly be tied in with
> other OKF project areas.
> 
> Something that might be worth inclusion is a brief overview of
> Creative Commons--not so much its philosophy as its practical
> function. More to the point, I'd like to see a thorough diagnosis of
> CC's shortcomings, framed in terms of constructive criticism, of
> wanting to ensure it's as relevant and as resilient as possible. I
> say this as someone who, like most, isn't too familiar with IP laws
> and customs, and who regards CC in a rather uncritical light as the
> "people's champ" fighting various bogeymen. But that's obviously not
> healthy over the long term.
> 
> Here's one recent item that jarred me a little bit in this regard
> (although this is *not* all that constructive!):
> 
> http://blog.fawny.org/2007/05/15/anticommons/
> 
> For starters, can anyone point to existing writing on CC's pros/cons
> that they find particularly thoughtful, and accessible to a general
> audience?
> 
> Nate
> 
>> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 12:55:45 +0100
>> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>> Subject: [okfn-discuss] Open data licensing
>> To: okfn-discuss <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
>> 
>> Attending XTech last week certainly demonstrated the rapidly growing
>> interest in Open Data/Knowledge issues. In particular there quite a
>> bit
>> of discussions (and uncertainty) both about the legal status of
>> data and
>> what approaches to use when licensing it.
>> 
>> Given this and the lengthy discussions last month sparked by Jo's post
>> on copyright not being applicable to geodata[1] I'd like to suggest
>> starting work on a mini-project with these two goals:
>> 
>>    1. Producing a guide to (open) data licensing
>>    2. Getting a list of licenses compatible with the Open Knowledge/
>> Data
>> Definition which are suitable for use with data
>> 
>> As a start I've put up a page where we can start drafting here:
>> 
>>    http://okfn.org/wiki/OpenDataLicensing
>> 
>> Please dive in and post any comments or suggestions either on the wiki
>> or to here.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Rufus
>> 
>> [1]: http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2007-April/
>> 000389.html
> 
> 
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