Friday Lunchtime Lecture#ODIFriday

Creative Commonsand Open Data

Ian HenshawCEO

The ODI North Carolina

ihenshaw@theodinc.org@ihenshaw

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About the Open Data Institute

The Open Data Institute is catalyzing the evolution of open data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value.

It helps unlock supply, generates demand, creates and disseminates data to address local and global issues.

We convene world-class experts to collaborate, incubate, nurture and mentor new ideas, and promote innovation. We enable

anyone to learn and engage with open data, and empower our teams to help others through professional coaching and

mentoring.

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Creative Commons

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use and build upon a work that they have created.

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Creative Commons

Attribution (BY)

● Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner specified by these.

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Creative Commons

Share-alike (SA)

● Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work.

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Creative Commons

Non-commercial (NC)

● Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for noncommercial purposes.

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Creative Commons

No Derivative Works (ND)

● Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works based on it.

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Creative Commons

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Creative Commons

● The original non-localized Creative Commons licenses were written with the U.S. legal system in mind● Wording could be incompatible within different local legislations● The licenses rendered unenforceable in various jurisdictions

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Creative Commons

Version 4.0 and international use

● The latest version 4.0 of the Creative Commons licenses, released on 25 November 2013, are generic licenses that are applicable to most jurisdictions

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Open Data Defined

● Non-Proprietary Format● Easy to Access● Easy to Use● Machine Readable● Reusable Without License● No Cost

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What is not Open Data? ● Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

● Security Data● Confidential Information●

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Do the Creative Common Licenses apply

to Open Data?

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Are there Licenses that apply to Open Data?

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Upcoming Courses

● Friday Lunchtime Lecture Series

– June 20 – Are all public record requests open data?

– June 27 – The benefits of open data

– July 11 – Do I need to license my open data?

● Open Data Fundamentals

– July 10, 2014

– Discount Code = ODIFriday

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ODI NC Services

Thought Leadership

Open Data Research

Open Data Training

Open Data Consulting

Open Data Program Administration

Data Set Certification

Networking

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We thank youfor your time