Category Archives: Open data

ODbL released

Posted on 2 July 2009 by Jordan

Open Data Commons, an OKF affiliated project, has now released v1.0 of the Open Database License (ODbL) after 6 months of consultation. The Open Database License (ODbL) is an open share-alike license for data and databases. This license, the first … Continue reading →

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DISC-UK DataShare project outputs

Posted on 11 June 2009 by Jordan

Bit late in posting this, but Robin Rice of DISC-UK DataShare posted their final project reports, which should be of interest to readers of this blog with an interest in data: Some of you may be interested in our final … Continue reading →

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UK Open Source GIS conference 22 June 2009

Posted on 10 December 2008 by Jordan

The website for the conference is now up: The Centre for Geospatial Science of University of Nottingham, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (UK Chapter), ICA Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies, SOSoRNET and Open Knowledge Foundation are organizing the First … Continue reading →

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New CC0 beta draft

Posted on 5 September 2008 by Jordan

Via the Creative Commons blog, Diane Peters CC’s General Counsel has introduced the latest draft of their public domain licensing / dedication tool CC0: We are pleased to release for public comment the next beta draft of CC0 Waiver, which … Continue reading →

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Speaking – State of the Map 12-13 July

Posted on 18 April 2008 by Jordan

Just a quick note to say that I’ll be speaking on open data, law, and licensing at State of the Map on 12-13 July in Limerick, Ireland. UPDATE 2 July – will be unable to make it this year due … Continue reading →

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Information Governance Conference 2008

Posted on 9 April 2008 by Jordan

The Society for Computers and the Law (SCL) is having a conference on 1 May on information governance: Information Governance Conference 2008 Information governance has rapidly become an integral part of organisational strategy in both the public and private sector. … Continue reading →

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PDDL released

Posted on 18 March 2008 by Jordan

Just to highlight for opencontentlawyer.com readers, that we released the final version of the Public Domain Dedication and Licence over at Open Data Commons this past weekend. I will post more about the process and the final result when I … Continue reading →

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Open Data Commons article now up

Posted on 22 February 2008 by Jordan

I have a new article out that I’ve written for the Open Source Business Resource, which is now available in the February issue. Implementing Open Data: The Open Data Commons Project In it, I explain the brief history of the … Continue reading →

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Dissecting CCZero

Posted on 16 January 2008 by Jordan

Creative Commons has just launched a new legal tool for discussion known as CCZero, and I’m going to go through the current version and comment. Cool scalpel pic from Wikipedia and in the public domain. As readers will know, I … Continue reading →

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New Open Data Commons site

Posted on 17 December 2007 by Jordan

We’ve created a site solely for the Open Data Commons project. This is the continuation of all of the work we’ve been doing over here at opencontentlawyer. I’ve crossposted below the announcement of the new set of legal tools on … Continue reading →

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