Open Knowledge Conference/Program/Open Licensing for Data

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Title

Open Licensing for Data

Authors

Jordan Hatcher

Keywords

open licenses, open data, internet law

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Notes and comments

State of the Open Data Nation (w/ a slight legal perspective) Jordan S. Hatcher, www.jordanhatcher.com Director, Open Knoweldge Foundation

• opendatacommons.org licenses - ODbL license, like CC or FSF GPL for data

• http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/obdl

• being used by OpenStreetMap - CC BY-SA transition to ODbL

• We need to think about data privacy: gaydar, Netflix,

• Q&A:

• How to become a project w/ OKFN? <- a form to fill out and informally reviewed by OKFN board?

• Various licenses for software (OSS), content (CC) and data (ODbL)

Helen Turvey, Shuttleworth Foundation

• Fellowship programme for dynamic leader to champion your work

• org provides legal, financial and administrative burden

• equity stake is open, transparent and exposed