Category Archives: Open data

Forthcoming announcement on open data

Posted on 13 December 2007 by Jordan

As promised, a new draft of the Open Data Commons is forthcoming. I can’t say just what yet, but this weekend an announcement will be made in regards to the Open Data Commons licences. We will be introducing the changes … Continue reading →

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COMMUNIA Public Domain event 18 January 2008

Posted on 12 December 2007 by Jordan

The work we’ve been doing on open data would be a nice fit at this event: COMMUNIA Workshop: “Technology and the public domain” (18/01/2008) Organized by the NEXA Center for Internet & Society of the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) this … Continue reading →

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New upload – Open Data handout and presentation

Posted on 28 November 2007 by Jordan

I gave a talk on the 23rd of November on database rights and open data, as mentioned earlier on this blog. I’ve uploaded the handout and presentation from my talk last week on open data and database licensing for the … Continue reading →

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Open Data Commons brief update

Posted on 16 November 2007 by Jordan

So there has been some behind-the scenes work on the Open Data Commons licences, not all of which I can mention at the moment because of confidentiality reasons. What I can say is that we are working on a new … Continue reading →

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Open data and database law – Glasgow, 23 Nov.

Posted on 16 November 2007 by Jordan

I’ll be speaking on open data and legal issues such as copyright and the European sui generis database right in Glasgow on Friday, the 23rd of November. Full details: Joint DCC and SCRIPTed Workshop on the Legal Environment of Digital … Continue reading →

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Update process for a 3.01 Creative Commons licence launched

Posted on 12 October 2007 by Jordan

Just 8 months after CC versioned up to 3.0, Creative Commons has announced a new round of public comments for a 3.01. The big change is to clarify the language in the unported version of the licence in regards to … Continue reading →

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Defining "technological measures"

Posted on 8 October 2007 by Jordan

Andres Guadamuz of Technollama has suggested in the comments that “technological measures” in Section 4.6 of the Open Data Commons Database Licence be defined. For reference, Section 4.6 is: 4.6 Technological measures and additional terms a. This Licence does not … Continue reading →

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Downloads of Open Data Commons Factual Info Licence

Posted on 1 October 2007 by Jordan

Downloads now available of the Open Data Commons Factual Information Licence: PDF | ODT

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Accessibility of databases licensed under the ODCDBL

Posted on 1 October 2007 by Jordan

Some more food for thought on the Open Data Commons Database Licence. This time about obligations to make the database available, either as a part of an obligation under the parallel distribution language in Section 4.6b, or as a general … Continue reading →

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Purpose of the Open Data Commons Factual Info Licence

Posted on 28 September 2007 by Jordan

Another comment on FSF Europe, this time about intent and purpose of the Open Data Commons Factual Information Licence. This continues on from a previous post on opencontentlawyer: There’s also an Open Data Factual Info Licence which puzzles me a … Continue reading →

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