How do you licence your Open Data?
"Open Data" is an idea that is gaining traction, in government, in the cultural sector, in science, and beyond. But there are a multitude of licenses to choose from and – despite the existence of an Open Definition – a huge spread along the continuum from 'closed' to 'open.'
As part of an exercise to understand the reality of Open Data distribution, I'd be grateful if you would take a few moments to answer these simple questions.
Results will be written up on http://cloudofdata.com, and there are also opportunities for some follow-up activity that would delve much deeper into this area.
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How open is your data?
Thinking about your organisation, what proportion of your data exists in each of these various states? Your ten answers should sum to a figure as close to 100 as you can manage!
Data not freely available online for public use and reuse
Proportion of your data not available outside your organisation without charge
Data available online for public use and reuse, but without any explicit license
Proportion of your data notionally available for use online, but without any formal license or statement to make it clear what can and cannot be done with it.
Data available online for public use and reuse, with home-grown licensing terms
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a license you developed for your own requirements.
Data available online for public use and reuse, using a national or domain-specific license
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a license developed to meet the needs of your country or domain.
Data available online for public use and reuse, using a widely recognised international license like Creative Commons or Open Data Commons
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a widely recognised international license.
Data available online, but only for educational or non-commercial use and reuse. No explicit license describes possible usage.
Proportion of your data notionally available for use online, but without any formal license or statement to make it clear what can and cannot be done with it.
Data available online, but only for educational or non-commercial use and reuse. Home-grown licensing terms describe possible usage.
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a license you developed for your own requirements.
Data available online, but only for educational or non-commercial use and reuse. A national or domain-specific license describes possible usage.
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a license developed to meet the needs of your country or domain.
Data available online, but only for educational or non-commercial use and reuse. A widely recognised international license like Creative Commons describes possible usage.
Proportion of your data available for use online, with usage governed by a widely recognised international license.
Data available online for use and reuse, but licensed in some other fashion not covered above
Enter a figure here for the proportion of data licensed in this way… then explain in a bit more detail in the 'Other' box, below.
Other
Explain a little about your answer to the previous question, if the number you entered above is greater than zero.
And a little bit about you...
Some optional context...
Domain
What sort of organisation are you answering for?
Can you tell me the name of the organisation?
What country is the organisation based in?
Any other comments
Do you have anything else to add? Anything you can write about your rationale for choosing one license over another would be particularly welcome at this stage.
Email
If you are willing to discuss your contribution in more detail, please insert your email address below.
Thank you
Thank you for your contribution. Results will be released via http://cloudofdata.com, and if more detailed work goes ahead it will also be described there.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact paul.miller@cloudofdata.com.
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