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Show and Tell: Open Data Commons
Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM
Co-founder, Open Data Commons Board of Directors, Open Knowledge FoundationLawyer and strategy consultant in IP/IT
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Open Knowledge Foundationhttp://www.okfn.org
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We promote open knowledge
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http://www.okfn.org/projects 5Wednesday, 14 April 2010
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http://www.okfn.org/projects 8Wednesday, 14 April 2010
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Why is open data important?
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Collecting data is hard...
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More data allows cooler stuff
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More collaboration allows cooler stuff
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Open approaches increase collaboration
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1. Law as a component of “open”
2. Some of the legal issues with open data
3. Open Data Commons as a project
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© Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved.
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•automatic•worldwide•can cover databases• life+70•no notice required
©
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Open Defined opendefinition.org
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• Use
• Reuse
• Redistribute
• Attribution & Share Alike okay
“open”
http://www.opendefinition.org/buttons
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Open data is the application of many the same principles and philosophies as free and open source software and open content projects such as Creative Commons to data and databases.
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Diffusion of Innovations / Technology Adoption Curve
OpenData
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1. Law as a component of “open”
2. Some of the legal issues with open data
3. Open Data Commons as a project
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IP and
(contract)
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Contents (the “data”) can be anything:facts, ages, dates, sonnets, images, textobservation notes, IP addresses, postal addresseshaiku, tweets, telephone numbers, income level, NI numbersurvey responses, music lyrics, film cast listings, patent numbers,filing dates, marital status, racial information, education leveland on and on and on...
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Contents of the database will be in a spectrum:
Some will clearly have ©Some will arguably have ©Some will not have © (particularly facts)(many databases of factual information will still contain © contents)
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1. Content inside the database
2. Database itself
3. Database software©
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Database Rights
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1. Content inside the database
2. Database itself
Database Rights
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contract
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contract
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Other IP rights
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trademarks ®™
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Privacy vs Property
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Importance of data+
Legal rights over data
Need for a legal solution=
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1. Law as a component of “open”
2. Some of the legal issues with open data
3. Open Data Commons as a project
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OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data
2007 → Talis → Open Knowledge Foundation
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open approaches increase collaboration
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Options
1. Ask for a licence.
2. Use under an exception (fair use or fair dealing).
3. Infringe
4. Use something else
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Options
1. Ask for a licence.
2. Use under an exception (fair dealing such as criticism or private study).
3. Infringe
4. Use something else
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GPL, FSF, OSI, BSD... = softwareCreative Commons... = content
Data is different from software and content both legally and in what you do with it
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• No Public Domain tool for databases existed
• Demand for a share alike database license & CC seen as poor fit
OpenDataCommons
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• Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
• Open Database License (ODbL)
• Database Contents License (DbCL)
• ODC Attribution (in development)
Open Data CommonsLegal tools:
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Who is using and proposing to use Open Data Commons tools...
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Open Database License (ODbL)
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ODbL =
<http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/>
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Public Domain Dedication & License (PDDL)
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PDDL
http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
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• Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
• Open Database License (ODbL) (+ DbCL)
• ODC Attribution (in development)
Legal solutions for open data:(some options)
Open Data Commons
Creative Commons• CC0
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Closing thoughts
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With thanks to kaitlin thaney / science commons
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With thanks to kaitlin thaney / science commons
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How you can help:
• Volunteer to help bring open data to your community as a Community Contact.
• Support the OKFN.
• Join the OKF discuss list.
• Feedback. Have an idea how we can help or what we should be doing? Let us know.
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Thanks!
www.OpenDataCommons.org www.okfn.org/support
Jordan S. Hatcher
e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T comw: www.jordanhatcher.com
All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/
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Questions?
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Spacelab, Laboratory Moduleby cliff1066 CC-BY 2.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2911393890/
The original Tux, the official Linux mascot created by Larry Ewing in 1996: Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks.
Copyleft symbolPublic domainhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copyleft.svg
Edinburgh MapMap data CC-BY-SA Open Street Map and contributors
Europe by Albertane CC-BY-SAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/albertane/120077777/
Linked Data diagramCC-BY-SA http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData#dbpedia-lod-cloud
IMGP0809CC-BY by mikefatshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefats/11545170/(shelf of products)
HandshakeCC-BY-SA by Aidan Joneshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/aidan_jones/3575000735/(hand drawing)
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data sharing: social and normative ISWC 2009 by kaitlin thaney CC-BY
The Elect. Not the elected.CC-BY-SA by Steve Punterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/spunter/2907555506/
Bibilios.net screenshotSee https://biblios.net/
An empty tin can.by Sun Ladder, CC-BY-SAhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empty_tin_can2009-01-19.jpg
All other trademarks are copyright / trademark their respective owners. Some works may appear here under exceptions or exclusions to copyright and trademark law such as fair use / fair dealing and are not covered by the CC license over this work and these exclusions or exceptions may not apply to you.
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Thanks!
www.OpenDataCommons.org www.okfn.org/support
Jordan S. Hatcher
e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T comw: www.jordanhatcher.com
All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/
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Questions?
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