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Derestricting Datasets: How to License Research Data
- 1. because good research needs good data Derestricting Datasets How to License Research Data Alex Ball DCC/UKOLN, University of Bath 25 February 2011 Except where otherwise stated, this work is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Scotland: http: Funded by //creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc- sa/2.5/scotland/ IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 2. Outline Why license research data? Licensing options Creative Commons Open Data Commons Open Government Licence GILF/AusGOAL Licences Design Science Licence Public Domain Mechanisms for Licensing Data Further Information Group Exercise IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 3. Why license research data? The open data argument To allow the data to be used in new ways: comparative studies, data mining, interdisciplinary studies, ‘citizen science’. . . To permit greater scrutiny of research To raise standards of documentation To protect researchers from challenges To accelerate community-wide learning from experience To increase efficiency To increase impact The pragmatic argument To provide clarity IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 4. Types of licenses Contracts £ Pure licences Waivers IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 5. Licensing questions 1. Do you need to make a choice? Institutional policy Data archive policy 2. Would a standard licence suffice? 3. Do you need to write your own licence? 4. Do you need more than one licence? IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 6. Multiple licensing Development Development Community Partners Copyleft c Licence Licence fees Core Product Licence fees Copyleft Reseller Licence Copyleft Users Customers Välimäki, M. (2003). Dual licensing in open source software industry. Systemes d’Information et Man- agement, 8 (1), 63–75. Retrieved 3 September Migration 2010, from http : / / opensource . mit . edu / papers/valimaki.pdf IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 7. Creative Commons b BY Attribution n NC Non-Commercial c a SA Share Alike d ND No Derivatives IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 8. Creative Commons b BY Attribution Attribution stacking n NC Non-Commercial c What counts as commercial? a SA Share Alike Reduces interoperability d ND No Derivatives Severely restricts use IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 9. Open Data Commons Attribution Licence (ODC-BY) b/ Open Database Licence (ODC-ODbL) ba / Explicitly distinguishes database structure from contents, and deriving visualisations from deriving new databases. IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 10. Open Government Licence Attribution b Terminates on illegal/misleading usage of data Can only be used for public sector data Cannot be used for logos, insignia, personal data, otherwise encumbered data Does not distinguish database structure from contents IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 11. GILF/AusGOAL Licences Six Australian CC Licences Restrictive Licence Contract template: standard legal code modified using schedules Expiry date Geographical restriction Different copying/distribution terms for confidential and ordinary data Licence fees Other restrictions and permissions IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 12. Design Science Licence Attribution and Share Alike ba Distinguishes source data from visualisations Does not distinguish database structure from contents Redistribution requirements IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 13. Public Domain Creative Commons Zero (CC0) p Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (ODC-PDDL) Open Data Commons Database Contents Licence (ODC-DbCL) Community norms? IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 14. Attaching the licence to the data [This database is/These data are/〈name of dataset〉 is] made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/ http://www.example.com/data/set/1 http://purl.org/dc/terms/license http://www.opendatacommons.org/ licences/pddl/1.0/ IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 15. Further Information A Digital Curation Centre and JISC Legal ‘working level’ guide http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ resources/how-guides/ How to License license-research-data Research Data Alex Ball (DCC) http://www.web2rights.com/ OERIPRSupport/ Starter Pack Diagnostic Tools Digital Curation Centre, 2011. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Scotland: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/scotland/ IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 16. because good research needs good data Thank you for your attention DCC Website: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ Alex Ball: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/a.ball/ IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011
- 17. Group Exercise How would you license the following datasets? 1. Power consumption at your house 2. Temperature and humidity readings from a well-sited Stevenson Screen 3. Wealth and assets survey data (2006–2008) 4. Anonymised genomic/proteomic data 5. Amounts of carbon and energy embedded in building materials 6. Recordings, transcriptions and annotations of simulated design meetings IPR and Licensing: tips, traps and techniques 25 February 2011