Standardization and License Interoperability: a Glocal Perspective Open Public Sector Information: Time for a New Paradigm Aula Magna dell'Univeristà di Torino July 9-10, 2012 [email protected]Nexa Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN ( http://nexa.polito.it) LAPSI - The European Thematic Network on Legal Aspects of PSI (http://www.lapsi-project.eu/) these slides available under a CC0 waiver/license http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Standardization and License Interoperability: a Glocal Perspective
Open Public Sector Information: Time for a New ParadigmAula Magna dell'Univeristà di Torino
Nexa Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN (http://nexa.polito.it)LAPSI - The European Thematic Network on Legal Aspects of PSI (http://www.lapsi-project.eu/)
these slides available under a CC0 waiver/license http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
● UK OGL, Italian Open Data License (IODL), etc. ● ensure [or “take all reasonable steps so”] that you
do not use the Information in a way that suggests any official status...
● ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the Information or its source...
● ensure that your use of the Information does not breach the Data Protection Act...
a view onlicense interoperability complexity
● preliminary attempt● given the original license
– on the lines
● can I use a given standard license for a “derivative” work/DB?– on the columns
zooming onlicense interoperability complexity
universal donors
universal donors
universal donors
● Creative Commons Zero (CC0)● Public Domain Dedication or License (PDDL)● tagging of public domain content with the PDMark
do we have universal receivers?
● strictly speaking, no● (rectius: keeping the data within you firm's secret
datacenter)
● amongst open licenses, CC BY-SA is the best candidate● could safely be used to publish derivative works of any
Public Domain or Attribution waiver/license● considering the amount of available data is the first
candidate for any “interoperability clause” in other SA licenses– GNU FDL (temporary) interop.; IODL 1.0
various approachesto interoperability
● OGL FAQs● information can be mixed and re-purposed easily with
other licence models requiring attribution in that the terms of the Open Government Licence should not present any barriers
● LO● interoperability clause in the main text
● IODL● 1.0 (SA): interoperability clause in the main text● 2.0 (BY): OGL-like solution (FAQs)
a best practice
● New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) framework● “NZGOAL seeks to standardise the licensing of
government copyright works for re-use using Creative Commons [Attribution] New Zealand law licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known rights’ statements for non-copyright material.”
another best practice
● the French LO adopts an interesting solution about several national “standard worries”
● section “About the Open Licence” at the end of the document● description of relevant “facts” (instead of clauses)
– that “re-use is subject to compliance with French privacy protection legislation” is one of these facts
● this would be a perfect solution, if only the list of facts was clearly outside of the copyright license (and withing a broader framework)
some implicationsfor license stewards
● beware of license vanity
● work to merge share-alike licenses (or make them compatible)
those who really want to create their own “local” copyright license, should at least make sure to
use a simple “attribution” license, with a “reasonable attribution” clause avoiding the
“stacking” issue
missed opportunities
● the internal market is witnessing more and more Member States creating their own national license● (small) attrition in the re-use mechanism
● the UK led by example (in the wrong direction?)● by accident, since they wanted to use CC licenses,
but they did not find an answer for some “European” needs (e.g. licensing the sui generis database right)
conclusion (open opportunities)
● it's a learning process and we already learned quite a lot
● this is why I did not talk again about Non-Commercial clauses...
● the 4.0 version of CC licenses will address the issues that led to the non-adoption by the UK government
● non-copyright issues are not addressed in CC licenses
● a “licensing framework” clarifying privacy and other non-copyright concerns may be appropriate
– without breaking (copyright) license interoperability
● the Commission may draft a European licensing framework, customizable at the local level (even by municipalities), but adopting the most standard and widespread copyright licenses (or waivers or notices/marks)