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appropriation and enclosure of data that limits the realisation of its collective societal value. </p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28869" class="post post--excerpt post-28869 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-releases category-research tag-alliances tag-commons-en tag-digital-commons tag-governance tag-open-future tag-open-knowledge tag-open-knowledge-foundation tag-report tag-strategy tag-wikimedia"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/11/09/new-release-problematising-strategic-tension-lines-in-the-digital-commons/" rel="bookmark">New Release: Problematising Strategic Tension Lines in the Digital Commons</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>As a part of our exploration of the open movement, last May, we hosted a workshop with a small group of the movement’s leaders. It was co-organised by our partners at Open Future and&nbsp;Wikimedia Europe. The convening built up on what was found out in&nbsp;Shifting Tides&nbsp;– quality research about the state of the movement conducted [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28592" class="post post--excerpt post-28592 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition tag-commuity-session tag-events tag-open-data tag-open-definition tag-open-knowledge tag-singapore-en tag-wikimania-en tag-workshop-en"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/08/02/calling-south-asian-communities-involved-with-open-knowledge/" rel="bookmark">Calling South Asian communities involved with open knowledge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We at OKFN are preparing another round of consultations on updating the “Open Definition”, now at Wikimania Singapore.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28363" class="post post--excerpt post-28363 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-open-definition tag-open-data-commons tag-open-definition tag-open-definition-council tag-rightscon-2023"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/06/26/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-rightscon/" rel="bookmark">Debriefing the Open Definition workshop at RightsCon</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Three weeks ago at RightsCon Costa Rica, we continued the process of rethinking and updating the Open Definition for today’s challenges and contexts. Here are the main takeaways.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28295" class="post post--excerpt post-28295 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition tag-commuity-session tag-costa-rica tag-events tag-open-data tag-open-definition tag-open-knowledge tag-rightscon-en tag-workshop-en"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/05/30/calling-latin-american-communities-involved-with-open-knowledge/" rel="bookmark">Calling Latin American communities involved with open knowledge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We at OKFN are preparing another round of consultations on updating the &#8220;Open Definition&#8221;, now at RightsCon Costa Rica.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28087" class="post post--excerpt post-28087 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-open-definition category-open-standards category-our-work tag-mozfest tag-open-data-commons tag-open-definition tag-open-definition-council tag-open-standards-2"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/30/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-mozfest/" rel="bookmark">Debriefing the Open Definition workshop at MozFest</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>One week ago at MozFest, we began the process of rethinking and updating the Open Definition for today’s challenges and contexts. Here are the main takeaways.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28061" class="post post--excerpt post-28061 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-open-standards category-our-work tag-call-for-collaboration tag-open-data-commons tag-open-definition tag-open-definition-council tag-open-standards-2"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/16/updating-the-open-definition-to-meet-the-challenges-of-today/" rel="bookmark">Updating the Open Definition to meet the challenges of today</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>OKFN is kicking off the process of rethinking what “open” and “openness” mean beyond licences, for our complex digital infrastructures of today and tomorrow. Join us with your vision to shape a common digital future</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-24083" class="post post--excerpt post-24083 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-open-definition category-openclosed tag-open"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2018/05/09/solving-the-internet-monopolies-problem-facebook-google-et-al/" rel="bookmark">Solving the Internet Monopolies Problem &#8211; Facebook, Google et al</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The good news is that an increasing number of people seem to agree that: Facebook, Google etc are monopolies That is a problem Agreeing we have a problem is always a crucial first step. But to go further we need to: Correctly diagnose the disease &#8212; in particular, avoid confusing the symptoms with the root [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-22922" class="post post--excerpt post-22922 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-global-open-data-index category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-open-knowledge"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2017/06/08/the-state-of-open-licensing-in-2017/" rel="bookmark">The state of open licensing in 2017</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This blog post is part of our Global Open Data Index (GODI) blog series. Firstly, it discusses what open licensing is and why it is crucial for opening up data. Afterward, it outlines the most urgent issues around open licensing as identified in the latest edition of the Global Open Data Index and concludes with [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18086" class="post post--excerpt post-18086 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-open-definition category-open-knowledge"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2015/11/10/announcement-open-definition-2-1/" rel="bookmark">Announcement &#8211; Open Definition 2.1</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today Open Knowledge and the Open Definition Advisory Council are pleased to announce the release of version 2.1 of the Open Definition. The definition “sets out principles that define openness in relation to data and content” and continues to play a key role in supporting the growing open ecosystem. The Open Definition was first published [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-17480" class="post post--excerpt post-17480 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-content category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2014/10/07/open-definition-v2-0-released-major-update-of-essential-standard-for-open-data-and-open-content/" rel="bookmark">Open Definition v2.0 Released &#8211; Major Update of Essential Standard for Open Data and Open Content</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today Open Knowledge and the Open Definition Advisory Council are pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the Open Definition. The Definition “sets out principles that define openness in relation to data and content” and plays a key role in supporting the growing open data ecosystem. Recent years have seen an explosion in [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-17463" class="post post--excerpt post-17463 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2014/09/30/why-the-open-definition-matters-for-open-data-quality-compatibility-and-simplicity/" rel="bookmark">Why the Open Definition Matters for Open Data: Quality, Compatibility and Simplicity</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Open Definition performs an essential function as a &#8220;standard&#8221;, ensuring that when you say “open data” and I say “open data” we both mean the same thing. This standardization, in turn, ensures the quality, compatibility and simplicity essential to realizing one of the main practical benefits of &#8220;openness&#8221;: the greatly increased ability to combine [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-16952" class="post post--excerpt post-16952 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2014/01/08/creative-commons-4-0-by-and-by-sa-licenses-approved-conformant-with-the-open-definition/" rel="bookmark">Creative Commons 4.0 BY and BY-SA licenses approved conformant with the Open Definition</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This post by Timothy Vollmer, Manager of Policy and Data at Creative Commons, originally appeared on the creativecommons.org website. In November we released version 4.0 of the Creative Commons license suite, and today the Open Definition Advisory Council approved the CC 4.0 Attribution (BY) and Attribution-ShareAlike (BY-SA) International licenses as conformant with the Open Definition. [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-16661" class="post post--excerpt post-16661 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-standards"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2013/10/16/open-definition-in-context/" rel="bookmark">The Open Definition in context: putting open into practice</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve seen how the Open Definition can apply to data and content of many types published by many different kinds of organisation. Here we set out how the Definition relates to specific principles of openness, and to definitions and guidelines for different kinds of open data. Why we need more than a Definition The Open [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-16634" class="post post--excerpt post-16634 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2013/10/07/exploring-the-open-definition/" rel="bookmark">Exploring openness and the Open Definition</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve set out the basics of what open data means, so here we explore the Open Definition in more detail, including the importance of bulk access to open information, commercial use of open data, machine-readability, and what conditions can be imposed by a data provider. Commercial Use A key element of the definition is that [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-16620" class="post post--excerpt post-16620 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2013/10/03/defining-open-data/" rel="bookmark">Defining Open Data</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open data is data that can be freely used, shared and built-on by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. This is the summary of the full Open Definition which the Open Knowledge Foundation created in 2005 to provide both a succinct explanation and a detailed definition of open data. As the open data movement grows, and [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-15502" class="post post--excerpt post-15502 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/01/uk-open-government-license-is-now-compliant-with-the-open-definition/" rel="bookmark">UK Open Government Licence is now compliant with the Open Definition</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On Friday the UK National Archives launched a new version of the Open Government Licence, which is now the default licence used by the UK government to publish the lion&#8217;s share of its public sector information. While the announcement hardly made headlines, there is one small addition to the text of the licence that we [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-12713" class="post post--excerpt post-12713 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-okfn category-open-standards"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/13/protecting-the-foundations-of-open-knowledge/" rel="bookmark">Protecting the foundations of Open Knowledge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>###The foundations of the Foundation The Open Knowledge Definition (OKD) was one of the Open Knowledge Foundation&#8217;s very first projects: drafted in 2005, 1.0 in 2006. By stipulating what Open means, the OKD has been foundational to the OKF&#8217;s work, as illustrated by this several-years-old diagram of the Open Knowledge &#8220;stack&#8221;. Knowing your foundations seems [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-11379" class="post post--excerpt post-11379 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-content category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-standards category-openclosed category-wg-open-licensing"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2012/10/04/making-a-real-commons-creative-commons-should-drop-the-non-commercial-and-no-derivatives-licenses/" rel="bookmark">Making a Real Commons: Creative Commons should Drop the Non-Commercial and No-Derivatives Licenses</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Students for Free Culture recently published two excellent pieces about why Creative Commons should drop their Non-Commercial and No-Derivatives license variants: Stop the inclusion of proprietary licenses in Creative Commons 4.0 The Future of Creative Commons: Examining defenses of the NC and ND clauses As the first post says: Over the past several years, Creative [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-11316" class="post post--excerpt post-11316 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-access category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-science category-open-standards category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2012/09/12/new-open-access-recommendations-ten-years-on-from-budapest-open-access-initiative/" rel="bookmark">New open access recommendations ten years on from Budapest Open Access Initiative</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The notion of open access &#8211; or making research freely usable by all, without cost or legal barriers &#8211; has been in the news quite a bit this year. It received significant media coverage on the back on the so-called Academic Spring, and subsequent high profile activities and announcements in the UK, the US and [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-8470" class="post post--excerpt post-8470 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-content category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-standards category-our-work category-wg-open-licensing"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/16/announcing-the-open-definition-licenses-service/" rel="bookmark">Announcing the Open Definition Licenses Service</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce a simple new service from the Open Knowledge Foundation as part of the Open Definition Project: the (Open) Licenses Service. The service is ultra simple in purpose and function. It provides: Information on licenses for open data, open content, and open-source software in machine readable form (JSON) A simple web API [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-7477" class="post post--excerpt post-7477 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/11/29/open-knowledge-definition-translated-into-telugu/" rel="bookmark">Open Knowledge Definition translated into Telugu (తెలుగు)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is by Theodora Middleton, the OKF blog editor. We are pleased to announce that the Open Knowledge Definition has now been translated into Telugu (తెలుగు), thanks to the hard work of Sridhar Gutam. You can find this at: http://opendefinition.org/okd/telugu/ The definition has now been translated into 27 languages. If you’d like to [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-6260" class="post post--excerpt post-6260 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-openclosed category-policy category-wg-eu-open-data category-wg-open-government-data category-working-groups"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/08/we-need-international-open-government-data-principles/" rel="bookmark">We need international open government data principles</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation. We need a set of international open government data principles. Why? Because as the &#8216;open data&#8216; meme travels around the world &#8211; unlocking information from local, regional and national public bodies as it goes &#8211; we want to make sure that [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-5941" class="post post--excerpt post-5941 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-okfn-projects category-wg-open-licensing"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/06/21/bulgarian-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Bulgarian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation. We are pleased to now have a Bulgarian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Peio Popov. You can find this at: http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/bulgarian/ If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-5627" class="post post--excerpt post-5627 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-openclosed category-wg-eu-open-data category-working-groups"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/05/31/data-gouv-fr-to-promote-free-public-data/" rel="bookmark">data.gouv.fr to promote free public data</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following guest post is from Regards Citoyens, a French organisation that promotes open data. Three months ago, the French Prime Minister announced officially the creation of the EtaLab governmental team, dedicated to the future data.gouv.fr. On Friday May 27th, two official texts have been published: a decree (fr) that defines new juridic rules regarding [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-5201" class="post post--excerpt post-5201 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-data-commons category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-okfn-projects category-wg-eu-open-data category-wg-open-government-data category-working-groups"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/04/12/what-do-you-think-about-norways-new-open-data-license/" rel="bookmark">What do you think about Norway&#8217;s new open data license?</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following guest post is from Sverre Andreas Lunde-Danbolt who works for the Department for ICT and renewal in the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, and who is a member of the OKF&#8217;s Working Group on Open Government Data The Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform have just sent a [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-4509" class="post post--excerpt post-4509 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-data category-open-definition category-wg-open-bibliographic-data tag-openbiblio"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/01/24/open-biblio-principles-announced/" rel="bookmark">Open Biblio Principles Announced</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is by Mark McGillivrary, a member of the Open Knowledge Foundation Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data. Last week the Open Biblio Principles were launched by the Open Knowledge Foundation&#8217;s Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data. The principles are the product of six months of development and discussion within the working group [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-4381" class="post post--excerpt post-4381 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-okfn category-openclosed category-releases category-wg-linguistics category-working-groups"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2011/01/15/opening-up-linguistic-data-at-the-american-national-corpus/" rel="bookmark">Opening up linguistic data at the American National Corpus</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following guest post is from Nancy Ide, Professor of Computer Science at Vassar College, Technical Director of the American National Corpus project and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation&#8217;s Working Group on Open Linguistic Data. The American National Corpus (ANC) project is creating a collection of texts produced by native speakers of American English [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-4212" class="post post--excerpt post-4212 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-okfn category-open-standards category-openclosed category-okfn-projects category-wg-open-licensing"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/12/10/what-open-data-means-and-what-it-doesnt/" rel="bookmark">What “open data” means – and what it doesn’t</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is from Melanie Chernoff, Public Policy Manager for Red Hat. It was originally published on opensource.com. Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal talked about the Open Data Partnership, which “will allow consumers to edit the interests, demographics and other profile information collected about them. It also will allow people [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3950" class="post post--excerpt post-3950 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interviews category-open-data category-open-data-commons category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-okfn category-public-domain category-wg-open-licensing"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/10/19/richard-poynder-interviews-jordan-hatcher/" rel="bookmark">Richard Poynder interviews Jordan Hatcher</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open Acccess journalist extraordinaire Richard Poynder recently interviewed the Open Knowledge Foundation&#8217;s Jordan Hatcher about data licensing, the public domain, and lots more. An excerpt is reproduced below. The full version is available on Richard&#8217;s website. Over the past twenty years or so we have seen a rising tide of alternative copyright licences emerge — [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3913" class="post post--excerpt post-3913 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-data-commons category-open-definition category-okfn category-open-standards category-openclosed category-okfn-projects"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/10/15/open-licenses-vs-public-licenses/" rel="bookmark">Open Licenses vs Public Licenses</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The following post is from Jordan Hatcher, a Director at the Open Knowledge Foundation and founder of the Open Data Commons project. It was originally posted on his blog. Let&#8217;s face it, we often have a definition problem. It&#8217;s critical to distinguish &#8220;open licenses&#8221; from &#8220;public licenses&#8221; when discussing IP licensing, especially online &#8212; mostly [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3588" class="post post--excerpt post-3588 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/08/04/update-on-open-source-initiatives-adoption-of-the-open-knowledge-definition/" rel="bookmark">Update on Open Source Initiative&#8217;s adoption of the Open Knowledge Definition</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A few weeks back we blogged about Russ Nelson&#8217;s proposals for the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to adopt the Open Knowledge Definition, our standard for openness in relation to content and data. Russ has written back to us with some notes and questions from a session on this at OSCON: Okay, so, as promised, here [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3499" class="post post--excerpt post-3499 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/07/28/belarusian-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Belarusian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve just added a Belarusian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Patricia Clausnitzer! http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/bielaruskaja/ If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or on info at the OKF’s domain name (okfn dot org).</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3447" class="post post--excerpt post-3447 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/07/19/should-the-open-source-initiative-adopt-the-open-knowledge-definition/" rel="bookmark">Should the Open Source Initiative adopt the Open Knowledge Definition?</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Russ Nelson, License Approval Chair at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), recently proposed a session at OSCON about OSI adopting a definition for open data: I&#8217;m running a BOF at OSCON on Wednesday night July 21st at 7PM, with the declared purpose of adopting an Open Source Definition for Open Data. Safe enough to say [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3240" class="post post--excerpt post-3240 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/06/24/why-share-alike-licenses-are-open-but-non-commercial-ones-arent/" rel="bookmark">Why Share-Alike Licenses are Open but Non-Commercial Ones Aren&#8217;t</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It is sometimes suggested that there isn&#8217;t a real difference in terms of &#8220;openness&#8221; between share-alike (SA) and non-commercial (NC) clauses &#8212; both being some restriction on what the user of that material can do, and, as such, a step away from openness. This is not true. A meaningful distinction can be drawn between share-alike [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-2386" class="post post--excerpt post-2386 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/27/russian-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Russian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve just added a Russian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Maxim Dubinin. http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/russkiy If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or on info at the OKF&#8217;s domain name (okfn dot org).</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-2384" class="post post--excerpt post-2384 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-okfn category-okfn-projects"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/22/norwegian-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Norwegian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We are pleased to now have a Norwegian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Svein-Magnus Sørensen, Harald Groven and Olav Anders Øvrebø. http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/norsk_bokmaal/ If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or on info at the OKF&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-2381" class="post post--excerpt post-2381 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/08/chinese-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Chinese translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve just added a Chinese translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Mao, Ching-Chen at Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/chinese If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or on info at the OKF&#8217;s domain name (okfn [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-2293" class="post post--excerpt post-2293 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-datapkg category-events category-open-data-commons category-open-definition category-okfn category-okfn-projects category-talks"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/03/17/a-free-software-model-for-open-knowledge/" rel="bookmark">A free software model for open knowledge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Notes describing the talk on the work of the Open Knowledge Foundation given last week at Jornadas SIG Libre. I was happily surprised to be asked to give this open knowledge talk at an open source software conference. But it makes sense &#8211; the free software movement has created the conditions in which an open [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-2239" class="post post--excerpt post-2239 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-openclosed"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2010/03/15/the-cake-test-of-freedom/" rel="bookmark">The cake test of freedom</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>At last week&#8217;s Jornadas SIG Libre in Girona, Ivan Sanchez of the Spanish OpenStreetmap community told me about the cake test of data freedom. What is the cake test? Easy: geographic data, or a map, is open only if someone can make you a gift of a cake with your map on it. The cake [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-1438" class="post post--excerpt post-1438 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-news category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/12/07/uk-government-announces-lots-of-new-open-data/" rel="bookmark">UK Government announces lots of new open data!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This morning UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans to open up lots more UK Government data! His speech describes plans to put much more detailed information online under open licenses in 2010. This includes: public services performance data &#8211; including on crime, hospitals and schools new transport data geospatial data from Ordnance survey (as [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-1127" class="post post--excerpt post-1127 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-news category-open-access category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-geodata category-open-government-data category-okfn category-open-science"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/11/10/open-knowledge-conference-okcon-2010-call-for-proposals/" rel="bookmark">Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2010: Call for Proposals</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2010 Call for Proposals is now open! We would be grateful for help in circulating the call to relevant lists and communities! You can reuse or point to: This blog post Main CFP page Plain text announce (wrapped at 72 characters) Identi.ca post Twitter post Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2010: [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-927" class="post post--excerpt post-927 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-open-data category-open-definition category-open-government-data category-openclosed"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/27/open-data-on-cities-an-international-round-up/" rel="bookmark">Open data on cities: an international round up</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Over the last few months there have been lots of exciting announcements about open data from cities around the world. We decided to take a look at what is currently out there &#8211; in particular taking note of: Whether datasets are open as in the Open Knowledge Definition &#8211; i.e. whether they explicitly say that [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-807" class="post post--excerpt post-807 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-data category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/30/macedonian-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Macedonian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve just added a Macedonian translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Ljube Babunski. http://opendefinition.org/1.0/Makedonski_jazik If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or on info at the OKF&#8217;s domain name (okfn dot org).</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-800" class="post post--excerpt post-800 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-definition category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/22/swedish-translation-of-the-open-knowledge-definition-okd/" rel="bookmark">Swedish translation of the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’ve just added a Swedish translation of the Open Knowledge Definition thanks to Peter Krantz (who&#8217;s work on open data in Sweden we recently blogged about) and Staffan Malmgren. http://opendefinition.org/1.0/Svenska If you’d like to translate the Definition into another language, or if you’ve already done so, please get in touch on our discuss list, or [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-784" class="post post--excerpt post-784 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-data category-open-definition category-okfn category-open-standards category-okfn-projects category-technical category-wg-development"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/21/new-report-on-sharing-aid-information-is-now-open-for-comments/" rel="bookmark">New report on sharing aid information is now open for comments</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce the publication of a new report, Unlocking the potential of aid information. The report, by the Open Knowledge Foundation and Aidinfo, looks at how to make information related to international development (i) legally open, (ii) technically open and (iii) easy to find. The report and relevant background information can be found [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-762" class="post post--excerpt post-762 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-open-definition category-openclosed"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/09/abusing-open-macmillans-open-dictionary/" rel="bookmark">Abusing &#8220;Open&#8221;: Macmillan&#8217;s Open Dictionary</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jonathan recently wrote about the availability of open dictionaries. In a recent comment to that post someone pointed us to Macmillan&#8217;s &#8220;Open&#8221; Dictionary (the reasons for the quotes will soon be apparent). With a sense of excitement I followed the link: &#8220;Could it be&#8221;, I thought, &#8220;That a mainstream dictionary producer has decided that open [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-741" class="post post--excerpt post-741 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/01/open-licensing-for-philanthropic-foundations-why-not/" rel="bookmark">Open licensing for philanthropic foundations &#8211; &#8220;Why not?&#8221;</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Harvard University&#8217;s Berkman Center, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute recently released a report on copyright and open licensing for private philanthropic foundations. The report examines: [&#8230;] the copyright licensing policies and practices of a group of twelve private foundations. In particular, it looked at the extent [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-561" class="post post--excerpt post-561 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/07/24/new-business-models-for-subscription-services/" rel="bookmark">New business models for subscription services?</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>There are a lot of subscription based models around for access to data services. I notice this more since I&#8217;ve been working for UK HE/FE. One example of such a service is the SCRAN image archive, another is the Statistical Accounts of Scotland. The subscription-based model has to expose something to prove it&#8217;s worth subscribing [&hellip;]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-354" class="post post--excerpt post-354 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-definition"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2009/06/29/open-database-license-odbl-v10-released/" rel="bookmark">Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 Released</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open Data Commons have released v1.0 of the Open Database License (ODbL), a share-alike license for data and databases. This is really big news for anyone working on open data as there are very few open data licenses available and none that provide for share-alike. 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