[okfn-discuss] How important is the right to publish open data?

Sat Jul 6 22:32:16 UTC 2013

On 06/07/13 22:47, Jeni Tennison wrote:
>
> My concern is that 'open data' that is published without an
> unambiguous right to publish introduces uncertainty into the wider open
> data ecosystem: all datasets and apps that incorporate that data are
> then similarly tainted with that uncertainty, and it will prove hard to
> unpick if we find that we need to later.

> What do you all think?

This is a very valid concern. You don't want to pass licensing risk 
downstream.

Having to be rigorous about this can be off-putting, but getting it 
right to start with is less of a burden than having to remove or 
compensate for mislicensed data.

- Rob.