Open data licensing
More than meets the eye
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6149588 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mashael Khayyat (0000-0003-3770-432X, King Abdulaziz University), Frank Bannister (0000-0003-3673-0374, Trinity College Dublin) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 231-252 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-8754 • E-ISSN: 1570-1255 |
| Publisher | IOS Press (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.3233/ip-150357 |
| OpenAlex | W1935469306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
In discussions of open government data (OGD) the question of how such data should be licensed or whether they need to be licensed at all has to date received only limited attention in the academic literature. This paper seeks to make a contribution to reducing this gap. In order to do this, the con cept of an open licence is first defined. Then, using a study of the extant literature and an examination of current open data licences, the challenges in designing an open data licence are explored. As part of this, relevant aspects of the debate that continue to surround such licensing in the worlds of open systems, freeware, shareware and open source are briefly discussed. A critique of a number of existing data licences including various international and national licencing frameworks is presented. The Creative Commons (CC) and Open Database (ODbL) Licenses are critically examined and problems with the concepts underlying a number of other licences are highlighted. The question of what may be suitable for standard public licenses and what may require bespoke or customised licensing is discussed. It is argued that many libertarian ideas about OGD licensing are unrealistic and that good licensing is critical to effective use of OGD. The paper concludes with a number of issues that would be designers of OGD licences need to address
Bespoke · Business · Commons · Computer security · Data science · Extant taxon · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · License · Open data · Open government · Open source · Open standard · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data · Finance
Contrasting the Perception of Open Government among Public Officials
Managing public sector data
Open government data from a legal perspective
Promoting the use of open government data
Different perceptions, different open government strategies
Towards a model for facilitating and enabling co-creation using open government data
Benefits, Adoption Barriers and Myths of Open Data and Open Government
Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency
The influence of the PSI directive on open government data
On the barriers for local government releasing open data
More Open but Not More Trusted? The Effect of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the United Kingdom Central Government
Barriers to open data release
Do transparent government agencies strengthen trust
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |