Guide to Public Geodata Licensing - Revision history

Wiki-JoWalsh at 13:03, 26 May 2009

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New Zealand

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New Zealand

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New Zealand

Wiki-Pcreso: /* Existing Open Licenses by Country */

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Existing Open Licenses by Country

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* References */

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References

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Attribution constraints */

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Attribution constraints

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Copyright */

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Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Public Domain */

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Public Domain

Wiki-JoWalsh: /* Open License Concept */

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Open License Concept

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 == Database Rights ==
-= Existing Open Licenses by Country =
+= Open Data by Country =
 == Canada ==
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 == Denmark ==
 == Holland ==

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 Government GeoData in New Zealand is available under various licences depending on the Government Department responsible for it's capture and/or management.
-The main Ministry, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) provides data at low commercial rates, and under a licence which supports free redistribution, provide the original Crown Copyright is acknowledged, and a disclaimer regarding any errors, etc relating to the data. Most organisations, such as utilities & local government either buy the data from LINZ, or from a third party who adds some value in the process. Datasets covered under this licence include topological, cadastral & road centreline data. The list price for the topo dataset from LINZ is $1500NZ. The LINZ topo licence is available at: [http://www.linz.govt.nz/docs/topography/topographicdata/topodtabase/licence-agreement-1.pdf LINZ licence pdf]
+The main Ministry, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) provides data at low commercial rates, and under a licence which supports free redistribution, provided the original Crown Copyright is acknowledged, and a disclaimer/indemnity for LINZ regarding any errors, etc relating to the data or its use. Most organisations, such as utilities & local government either buy the data from LINZ, or from a third party who adds some value in the process. Datasets covered under this licence include topological, cadastral & road centreline data. The list price for the topo dataset from LINZ is $1500NZ. The LINZ topo licence is available at: [http://www.linz.govt.nz/docs/topography/topographicdata/topodtabase/licence-agreement-1.pdf LINZ licence pdf]
 The Ministry for Statistics is responsible for a wide array of demographic, electoral, census & financial data.

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 Government GeoData in New Zealand is available under various licences depending on the Government Department responsible for it's capture and/or management.
-The main Ministry, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) provides data relatively cheaply, and under a licence which supports free redistirbution, provide the original Crown Copyright is acknowledged, and a disclaimer regarding any errors, etc relating to the data. Most organisations, such as utilities & local government either buy the data from LINZ, or from a third party who adds some value in the process. Datasets covered under this licence include topological, cadastral & road centreline data. The list price for the topo dataset from LINZ is $1500NZ. The LINZ topo licence is available at: [http://www.linz.govt.nz/docs/topography/topographicdata/topodtabase/licence-agreement-1.pdf LINZ licence pdf]
+The main Ministry, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) provides data at low commercial rates, and under a licence which supports free redistribution, provide the original Crown Copyright is acknowledged, and a disclaimer regarding any errors, etc relating to the data. Most organisations, such as utilities & local government either buy the data from LINZ, or from a third party who adds some value in the process. Datasets covered under this licence include topological, cadastral & road centreline data. The list price for the topo dataset from LINZ is $1500NZ. The LINZ topo licence is available at: [http://www.linz.govt.nz/docs/topography/topographicdata/topodtabase/licence-agreement-1.pdf LINZ licence pdf]
 The Ministry for Statistics is responsible for a wide array of demographic, electoral, census & financial data.

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	== New Zealand ==		== New Zealand ==
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		+	Government GeoData in New Zealand is available under various licences depending on the Government Department responsible for it's capture and/or management.
		+
		+	The main Ministry, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) provides data relatively cheaply, and under a licence which supports free redistirbution, provide the original Crown Copyright is acknowledged, and a disclaimer regarding any errors, etc relating to the data. Most organisations, such as utilities & local government either buy the data from LINZ, or from a third party who adds some value in the process. Datasets covered under this licence include topological, cadastral & road centreline data. The list price for the topo dataset from LINZ is $1500NZ. The LINZ topo licence is available at: [http://www.linz.govt.nz/docs/topography/topographicdata/topodtabase/licence-agreement-1.pdf LINZ licence pdf]
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		+	The Ministry for Statistics is responsible for a wide array of demographic, electoral, census & financial data.
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		+	The Ministry for the Environment is responsible for the national land cover database, but historically contracted this to a commercial company, who treat the data as a commercial product & charge & licence these data accordingly.
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		+	There are numerous other datasets, such as aquatic biodiversity data, which are managed by the Ministry for Fisheries. Some of this can be viewed on government websites, but to date there is no data being made available (http://www.nabis.govt.nz)
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		+	Much other data is obtained & held by Crown Research Institutes (CRI's). These are essentially commercial businesses owned by the Government, and under the enabling legislation, are required to return a profit on assets, including data. Despite this, there are initiatives from some CRI's to make some datasets freely available.

	== Spain ==		== Spain ==

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	== Italy ==		== Italy ==
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		+	== New Zealand ==

	== Spain ==		== Spain ==

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 = References =
 * EDINA paper in particular
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 * a lot of other mailing list posts, blog entries, etc
-== See Also ==
+== On the Public Domain ==
 * [[Geodata Licensing]]
 * [[Geodata Committee]]

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	=== Attribution constraints ===		=== Attribution constraints ===
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		+	An Attribution clause in an open license indicates that where the work is redistributed with or without modifications, an attribution to the original authors of the work is preserved.
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		+	This can be seen as problematic if there are many authors and attribution for all of them must be preserved even if only a small amount of the work is being re-used.
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		+	* collective work / delegating to a holding organisation
		+	* contributor license agreements

	=== Non-Commercial constraints ===		=== Non-Commercial constraints ===

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 == Copyright ==
 === ShareAlike constraints ===
 === Attribution constraints ===
 === Non-Commercial constraints ===

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	== Public Domain ==		== Public Domain ==
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		+	The meaning of "public domain" varies according to regions. It is possible to dedicate a work to the public domain during a time at which one could assert copyright or other rights in it. Otherwise, when copyright expires on a work (after a time which may vary for class of work as well as jurisdiction), it falls into the public domain. In the US, data made openly available from entities such as NASA and the DOD, or by ESA in Europe, may be perceived to be in the "public domain" because it is available with no formal constraints.

	== Copyright ==		== Copyright ==

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 == Open License Concept ==
-* OSI software licensing, open knowledge definition, etc.
+The concept of "open licensing" under discussion originates in Free Software. A person or organisation makes a work available under a copyright license with certain restraints which do not restrict access to, reuse of or redistribution of the work. There are many different licenses and license styles to choose from. For many it is enough to say a work of software is open if it uses a license that is described by the [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI Open Source Definition]
 = Data Licensing Styles =