Use an Open Knowledge Definition Licence Clause Samples

Use an Open Knowledge Definition Licence. ‌ If you cannot dedicate the PSI to the public domain using a public domain waiver such as CC0 or PDDL, you should use a licence that is compliant with the Open Definition. Such licences include the Creative Commons Attribution licence and the United Kingdom Open Government Licence. Do not use a No-Derivatives licence as it will prevent many usages of your PSI which are allowed by the European Directive. Some Re-use Licences try to forbid improper or misleading uses of data by forbidding the creation of derivative works or by prohibiting any use which “misrepresents” the data. Many non-alteration requirements come into play through national legislation. But according to the Communia Association, “[these clauses] have the potential to make large scale and/or automated re-use of licensed data from multiple jurisdictions more difficult by requiring careful examination of such non-standard clauses by humans. As a consequence, uncertainty is introduced for those wishing to re-use the information, and that uncertainty in turn can lead to reduced instances of re-use due to fear of conflicting with the provision. Promoting the adoption of similar yet slightly ▇▇▇▇▇ open government licences has the potential for undermining the stated goal of cross- border information sharing. This problem is further complicated by the fact that such open government licences are not available in all official languages of the EU.”