[okfn-discuss] Open Data Commons Database licence (draft) now out

Tue Sep 25 01:57:27 UTC 2007

Thanks for the links Jordan!

This looks really interesting.

I've blogged it here:

  http://blog.okfn.org/2007/09/25/open-database-license/

I've also added a brief entry for the license(s) in our Guide to Open 
Data Licensing:

  http://www.okfn.org/wiki/OpenDataLicensing

Regards,

Jonathan

Jordan Hatcher's lists wrote:
> All,
>
> I would like to announce the draft Open Data Commons Database  
> licence.  This is the new name, face, and text of the Talis Community  
> Licence update that I mentioned in an earlier email.
>
> The blog post announcing its release is here:
> http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/2007/09/24/open-data-commons-licence- 
> now-out/
>
> The homepage on my site for information related to the licence is here:
> http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/open-data/">Open Data Home
>
> The draft text of the licence itself is located here:
> http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/open-data/open-database-licence/
>
> Because we separated out the Data from the Database in the licensing,  
> a supplemental BSD/MIT style licence for the data, intended for  
> factual information rather than other "contents of databases" is here:
> http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/open-data/open-data-commons-factual- 
> info-licence/
>
> Finally, though I suspect that we will have a lot to talk about on  
> this list, I've set up a discuss list specifically for the licence here:
> http://lists.opencontentlawyer.com/listinfo.cgi/tcl-discuss- 
> opencontentlawyer.com
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Jordan
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> J S Hatcher
> opencontentlawyer.com
> twitchgamer.net
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