Open Data Commons - OSSAT 14 April 2010

Show and Tell: Open Data Commons
Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM

Co-founder, Open Data Commons
Board of Directors, Open Knowledge Foundation
Lawyer and strategy consultant in IP/IT

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 1

Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org


We promote open knowledge


http://www.okfn.org/projects

Why is open data important?


Collecting data is hard...


More data allows cooler stuff


More collaboration allows cooler stuff


Open approaches increase collaboration


1. Law as a component of “open”
2. Some of the legal issues with open
data
3. Open Data Commons as a project


• automatic

©
• worldwide
• can cover databases
• life+70
• no notice required


Open Deﬁned opendeﬁnition.org


• Use

• Reuse
“open” • Redistribute

• Attribution & Share Alike
okay

http://www.opendeﬁnition.org/buttons


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.


Open
Data

Diffusion of Innovations / Technology Adoption Curve


2. Some of the legal issues with open
data


(contract)

IP and


Contents (the “data”) can be anything:
facts, ages, dates, sonnets, images, text
observation notes, IP addresses, postal addresses
haiku, tweets, telephone numbers, income level, NI number
survey responses, music lyrics, ﬁlm cast listings, patent numbers,
ﬁling dates, marital status, racial information, education level
and on and on and on...


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)


1. Content inside the

©
database

2. Database itself

3. Database software


Database Rights


1. Content inside the
Database database
Rights
2. Database itself


contract


Other IP rights


trademarks ®™


Privacy vs Property


Importance of data
+
Legal rights over data
=
Need for a legal solution


2. Some of the legal issues with open data


OpenDataCommons.org
Legal tools for Open Data

2007 → Talis → Open Knowledge Foundation


open approaches increase collaboration


Options

1. Ask for a licence.

2. Use under an
exception (fair use or
fair dealing).

3. Infringe

4. Use something else


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


GPL, FSF, OSI, BSD... = software
Creative Commons... = content
Data is different from
software and content
both legally
and in what you do with it


• No Public Domain tool for
Open databases existed
Data • Demand for a share alike
Commons database license & CC
seen as poor ﬁt


Open Data Commons
Legal tools:

• Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
• Open Database License (ODbL)
• Database Contents License (DbCL)
• ODC Attribution (in development)


Who is using and proposing to use Open Data Commons tools...


Open Database License (ODbL)


ODbL =

<http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/>


Public Domain Dedication &
License (PDDL)


PDDL

http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/

Legal solutions for open data:
(some options)

Open Data Commons
• Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
• Open Database License (ODbL) (+ DbCL)
• ODC Attribution (in development)

Creative Commons
• CC0


Closing thoughts


With thanks to kaitlin thaney / science commons

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.


Thanks!

www.OpenDataCommons.org
www.okfn.org/support

Jordan S. Hatcher

e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T com
w: www.jordanhatcher.com

All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/


Questions?


Spacelab, Laboratory Module
by cliff1066 CC-BY 2.0
http://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 symbol
Public domain
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copyleft.svg

Edinburgh Map
Map data CC-BY-SA Open Street Map and contributors

Europe by Albertane CC-BY-SA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertane/120077777/

Linked Data diagram
CC-BY-SA
http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData#dbpedia-lod-cloud

IMGP0809
CC-BY by mikefats
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefats/11545170/
(shelf of products)

Handshake
CC-BY-SA by Aidan Jones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidan_jones/3575000735/
(hand drawing)


data sharing: social and normative ISWC 2009
by kaitlin thaney CC-BY

The Elect. Not the elected.
CC-BY-SA by Steve Punter
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/spunter/2907555506/

Bibilios.net screenshot
See https://biblios.net/

An empty tin can.by Sun Ladder, CC-BY-SA
http://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.


Thanks!

www.OpenDataCommons.org
www.okfn.org/support

Jordan S. Hatcher

e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T com
w: www.jordanhatcher.com

All original and CC-BY-SA derivative works licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/


Questions?


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