[open-government] Open Government Licence launched today

Thu Sep 30 10:44:06 UTC 2010

Hello all

We're pleased to announce the launch of the Open Government Licence today.  The OGL provides rights to distribute, adapt and exploit licensed data.  The OGL will be the default licence for central government Crown copyright & database rights.  It is also being promoted for use within the wider public sector.  The OGL is compatible with the Creative Commons and Open Data Commons attribution licence models, and we appreciate the advice and assistance Creative Commons UK and Open Data Commons have given to the project.  The UK Government Licensing Framework sets the policy around where the OGL will apply.

Permanent URI for the OGL: http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence

Framework: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/uk-gov-licensing-framework.htm

The OGL will replace our previous transactional Click-Use system, the data.gov.uk terms and conditions, and various other legacy mechanisms.  We believe this significantly streamlines the re-use of information from across government.  We have also used rdfa and the CC REL vocabulary to add semantic markup to the licence itself.

The views of the community are very welcome as there remains opportunity to tweak and optimise.

Best regards

Matthew Pearce
Standards Adviser

The National Archives
5th Floor, Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ

T: 02033345261

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