Open Data Commons

Open Data Commons are happy to announce the first draft of an attribution license for data/databases:

http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/

A commentable version of the text is available here:

http://www.co-ment.net/text/2091/

Feedback is actively sought and we would be grateful for any assistance in circulating this announcement to relevant communities and networks.

The license is heavily based on the Open Database License (ODbL), though [...]

Matt Amos from the Open Street Map License Working Group has very kindly created a plain language summary of the Open Database License.

This summary gives a clear but simple guide to how the database and its contents can be used.

Thanks Matt!

We are delighted to announce the release of v1.0 of the Open Database License (ODbL):

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

The Open Database License (ODbL) is an open license for data and databases which includes explicit attribution and share-alike requirements.

This license, the first of its kind, is a major step forward for open data. There are currently very few licenses available [...]

The Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 “Release Candidate 2″ is now available at:

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

As expected there haven’t been many changes from the first Release Candidate. The two main alterations are:

Removal of section 4.7 related to reverse engineering. This may be reintroduced in later versions but has been left out here in order to remove any possible [...]

The Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 “Release Candidate” is now available at:

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

This updated version of the license incorporates a whole set of changes arising out of the earlier comments period and the main changes are summarized below.

As the naming suggests, we believe this text is now very close to a “production-ready” 1.0 license. To allow [...]

After more than a year of drafting and consultation with interested communities, especially Open Street Map, the current (beta) draft of the Open Database License (ODbL) was released for public comments today. We’re delighted to have reached this stage and welcome comments and suggestions from interested parties.

Open Database License (ODbL) public beta (PDF file) Comments on [...]