What do you think about Norway’s new open data license?

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"The Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform have just sent a draft version of a new Norwegian Licence for Open Data (NLOD) on a formal hearing here in Norway (the hearing documents (in Norwegian), and a blog post about the licence and the hearing (also in Norwegian)). After the hearing, we intend to recommend all government agencies in Norway to use this licence when they publish data. Government agencies publishing data are not always very good at specifying the terms under which the information can be reused. In Norway, at least, the introduction of a new sui generis licence for each new data set has become a predictable exercise. This is confusing to the reuser, adding an uneccessary layer of uncertainty, and, in some cases, even impeding legitimate reuse. The Ministry has therefore decided to establish one common licence...."

Link:

http://blog.okfn.org/2011/04/12/what-do-you-think-about-norways-new-open-data-license/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Connotea Imports

Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.data oa.licensing oa.norway oa.okfn oa.libre

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 13:54

Date published:

04/13/2011, 16:59