[open-development] Kenya Open Data Portal

Fri Jul 8 10:29:09 UTC 2011

Indeed - I saw these, but I can't find a data license anywhere.

It would be amazing if they used CC0, CC-BY, PDDL, ODC-BY or similar!

J.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Mark Brough
<mark.brough at publishwhatyoufund.org> wrote:
> This looks really cool!
>
> http://opendata.go.ke/browse?q=expenditure&sortBy=most_accessed&sortPeriod
> =week
>
> Some information here:
> http://opendata.go.ke/page/about
> ("In short, anybody is free to use this data for commercial or
> non-commercial purposes. See the terms and conditions for a more detailed
> explanation.")
>
> License seems to be here:
> http://opendata.go.ke/page/terms-of-service
>
> In short:
> * Non-commercial (c.f. above...)
> * Attribution
> * Represent accurately
>
> "the Kenya ICT Board and the government agencies whose information is
> provided on this website impose no restrictions to the non-commercial
> reproduction, re-publication and re-distribution of any information
> published on its website"
>
> Looks like an exception to this is where data is provided by third parties
> and their copyright is "expressly reserved"
>
> "Where any information is presented in a structure and format that is
> copyrighted by a third party providing a service to the Kenya ICT Board,
> users are to respect the intellectual property rights of any third party
> who expressly reserves its copyright in any information, data element,
> data structure, software program or other property."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-development-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> [mailto:open-development-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Gray
> Sent: 08 July 2011 11:15
> To: Tim Davies
> Cc: LinkInfo4Dev; ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net;
> open-development at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [open-development] Kenya Open Data Portal
>
> Tim: did you manage to find a license anywhere on how people can use the
> data?
>
> J.
>
> 2011/7/8 Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk>:
>> Hello all,
>> I suspect many of you may have already seen this, but Keyna today
> launched
>> it's own Open Data Portal at http://opendata.go.ke/ joining countries
> like
>> UK and US, and institutions like the World Bank in running an open data
>> programme.
>> The site is running the US-based commercial 'Socrata.com' platform and
> has
>> some interesting visualisations and mapping set-up by default.
> Personally
>> I'm frustrated to see the 'data is for developers' framing all over it -
>> with big '+Developers click here' buttons, and nothing inviting or
>> encouraging other forms of use of data, but if a wider eco-system of
> data
>> use can develop, aware that using data requires not just the data, but
>> capacity building too - then this could be a really interesting and
> positive
>> development.
>> Lots of discussion and other analysis on twitter #opendatake and the
>> blogosphere.
>> Tim
>>
>>
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