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Hi Linda,
the CC Zero is possibly the most popular option also in academic
environments. It's a good way to formalize a Public Domain release.

We are still considering whether to use it, as Oxford University did
(http://data.ox.ac.uk/datasets/), or try the Open Government Licence as
Southampton did (http://data.southampton.ac.uk
<http://data.southampton.ac.uk/> - here for the actual OGL
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/)

A good starting point is a website that OKFN have released to help
organisations like ours consider the issues relative to licences:
http://opendefinition.org/guide/data/

Best regards,
Giuseppe



On 25/05/12 08:25, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi Linda
>
> (thanks :-))
>
> I would say that I think that it depends on
> what you mean by data? If it is factual non descriptive data, like
> factual metadata, then there may not be any copyright in the data and
> it would then be a case of choosing a licence, such as a CC Zero
> Licence, which deals with the database right NB: The BL has released
> 5.5 million bibliographic records under CC Zero for that reason. Also,
> Europeana has also selected the CC Zero licence for metadata which is
> supplied to it.
>
> If it is more descriptive/interpretative data, like
> prose information about resources, then one of the CC licences, like
> the CC BY NC SA licence might be more appropriate.
>
> I jointly wrote a
> paper a year or so ago with Charles Oppenheim which analyses the
> different open data licences and some of the issues which might arise,
> such as attribution stacking, if the licensor requires attribution and
> the importance of understanding the negative implications, such as lack
> of interoperability between licences, if more control is retained by
> the licensor
http://discovery.ac.uk/files/pdf/Licensing_Open_Data_A_Practical_Guide.pdf
>
> At the moment, one of my JISC funded projects, the OER IPR Support
> Project www.web2rights.com/OERIPRSupportis creating an animation on
> Open Data Licensing ready in the next couple of months which I will
> share with this forum.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Naomi
>
>
> Naomi Korn
> IP Consultant
>
> Director OER IPR Support Project
> Director Digital Entrepreneurship
> Project
>
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