[open-humanities] [Open-humanities] mapping publicly funded content and data in the UK for a petition for open licensing

[Paula Graham Gazzard]

You probably know about this? Think it might make a useful template?
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/programmerelated/2010/openaccessmainbrochure.aspx
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On 03/12/14 17:55, John Cummings wrote:
> Hi John
>
> This is one of the many things to work out, I would really love if it
> included:
>
>   * Content and data from publicly funded science research
>   * Content and data produced by publicly funded galleries, libraries,
>     archives and museums including the national museums and work that
>     is funded by the public in local cultural organisation too.
>   * Teaching material produced by people working in publicly funded
>     positions in schools and universities.
>
> I realise this may be different and maybe more than other people would
> like to ask for. I'm thinking of this as kind of a wish list for all
> open organisations in the UK and to show public support for the
> benefit that would bring.
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
> On 3 December 2014 at 15:31, John Levin <john at anterotesis.com
> <mailto:john at anterotesis.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I think this is a very interesting idea.
>
>     One thing I'm not clear on is what constitutes a Government funded
>     work. I presume that it includes official publications under crown
>     copyright; and also those released under the Open Govt License.
>     But it sounds like it encompasses far more than that.
>
>     Best,
>
>     John
>
>
>
>     On 03/12/2014 12:35, John Cummings wrote:
>
>         Hi All
>
>         I met the staff at 38 Degrees a couple of months ago to talk about
>         online communities. One thing that came up that was surprising
>         to them
>         was that government funded works in the UK are not in general
>         available
>         under an open license, it got me thinking, why hasn’t it
>         happened yet?
>
>
>         A stand out factor for me is that while the public good of open
>         licensing can be at least in part demonstrated, the general
>         public's
>         awareness and want for open license for publicly funded
>         content has not
>         been quantified. This could lead to the government seeing open
>         licensing
>         as a niche topic pushed by special interest groups, not seen
>         as a “vote
>         winner”.
>
>
>         I’m exploring the idea of starting a 38 Degrees campaign with
>         both a
>         public petition and endorsement by organisations to ask the
>         government
>         to mandate open licenses for publicly funded content and data.
>         Something
>         like:
>
>
>         Publicly funded work to be reusable and shareable by the public:
>
>           *
>
>             Content to be released under a OGL/CC-BY license or CC0.
>
>           *
>
>             Data to be released under CC0
>
>
>         One thing that would be immensely useful is to understand what
>         content
>         and data would be made available if this were to be enacted.
>         Does anyone
>         know of any way to find out this information?
>
>         A similar project was attempted in Poland but it was
>         challenged by the
>         creative sector who saw it as an attempt to steal creators
>         rights, any
>         suggestions on how to add a caveat to avoid this would be greatly
>         appreciated.
>
>         I've started a proposal here for anyone interested in reading
>         it, any
>         comments or information would be greatly appreciated. If you'd
>         like to
>         share this with other lists please do.
>         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EO4vNPUEfIBIJFUBMWu36_FQRfy5GMiaps9OEQO_AqQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
>         Many thanks
>         John
>
>
>     -- 
>     John Levin
>     http://www.anterotesis.com
>     http://twitter.com/anterotesis
>
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