This is the presentation I have given for the implementation of the 2013 PSI Directive focusing on the issue of Licence Interoperability and the need for a positive Public Domain right for Public Sector Information. It explores interoperability of Open Government Licences with Creative Commons and other standard public licences. I have given this presentation on behalf of the National Documentation Center/ National Hellenic Research Foundation and the Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information 2.0 Network.

1. Maximising
Value
Minimising
Costs
Dr. Prodromos Tsiavos
EKT/ NHRF
Luxembourg
25.11.13
Monday, 25 November 2013
@prodromos
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2. 0
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3. open
licensing
is not the
same as
re-use
licesning
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4. UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE
[ 0.1 ]
Re-Use licensing:
- may be open or not
- it may operate in parallel to
open licensing (with an SLA)
- the license issuer is normally
the licensor as well
- it increasingly makes use of
APIs
Open Licensing
- is a form of re-use licensing
- makes use of standard
licences
- requires minimum
transaction costs and
maximum interoperability
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5. APIs ToS
[ 0.2 ]
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APIs ToS
(Terms of Service for APIs):
- they include re-use/ open
licensing
- they need to be standardised
and transparent
- they need to differentiate the
ToS from the content licensing
part
- they need to also not
unnecessarily restrict the PSI
re-use
- they may contain Service
Level Agreements that also
need to be transparent

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7. DO NOT USE
LICENCES!
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8. What the
Directive
Allows
Art. 8(1)
[ 1.1 ]
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“Public sector bodies may
allow re-use without
conditions or may impose
conditions, where appropriate
through a licence. These
conditions shall not
unnecessarily restrict
possibilities for re-use and
shall not be used to restrict
competition.”

9. Features
Art. 8
[ 1.2 ]
* Introduce a provisional “PSI
as PD” regime
* Introduce Smart Notices
- permanent position
- versioning
- attribution
* Registry for copyrighted PSI
- re-used
- open
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11. 2
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12. DO NOT
REINVENT
THE WHEEL
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13. USE
STANDARD
PUBLIC
LICENCES
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15. REDUCE
RESTRICTIONS
IN THE
MINIMUM
[ 2 ]
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- Use CC Zero
- Alternatively use CC BY
Avoid:
- NonCommercial
(definition issues)
- Copyleft (ShareAlike)
(compatibility issue)
- NoDerivatives
(not really open)
- NoRedistribution
(not really open)

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17. IF YOU CREATE AN
OGL
ENSURE
INTEROPERABILITY
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18. EU Open Licensing Framework Model (current
situation)
MS1
User1
User2
EC
OGL1
EUOGL2
User3
CC/OKF
MS2
User4
* the EC introduces a single EC licence
* the MS only use their own licences
* Users use all EC, MS and Open Public Licences
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ECOL

19. EU Open Licensing Framework Model
(single)
MS1
User2
EC
User1
User3
EUOGL or CC/ OKF
MS2
* single standard licence (e.g. CC is used)
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User4

20. EU Open Licensing Framework Model
(standard)
MS1
OGL1
EC
OGL2
CC/OKF
MS2
* licensing coordination/ standardisation takes place in two steps:
- EC coordinate and observes licensing standards between MS
- MS standardise PSBs within their jurisdictions
* the two standardisation processes take place in parallel
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EUOLS
OGL: Open Gov Licence
CC: Creative Commons Public Licence
OKF: OKF Licence
EUOL: EU Open Licence
EUOLS: EU Open Licence Standard
MS: Member State

21. FAIR LICENSING
- Store licences at a permanent
location
- Publicly announce revisions
[ 3.1 ]
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- Version licences

22. DO NOT
MIX RIGHTS
[ 3.2 ]
- Do not add a personal data
licence clause
* use “smart notices” instead
- Resolve the Cultural
Heritage Right at the
legislative level
- Do not exclude Personal
Data from the licensing
Regime
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23. GRANT STANDARD
RIGHTS
[ 3.3 ]
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- Copyright
- Related/ Neighbouring
Rights
- Sui Generis Right
- Do not contractually limit
PD/ Exemptions
AND
Fair Use/ Fair Dealing/
limitations/ exceptions

24. USE STANDARD
RESTRICTIONS
[ 3.4 ]
- Attribution
* author
* designated person
(information provider/ owner/
funder etc)
* retain:
>notices
>licence (URI)
>warranties
>URI to the material
* include preferred way of
attribution
- No sub-licensing
- No Endorsement
- Indicate this is a modified
version
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25. EXPLICATE
INTEROPERABILITY
[ 3.5 ]
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- Be explicit about
interoperability:
* Versioning interoperability
* Open Standard (Public)
licences interoperability

26. DO NOT USE A
PERSONAL DATA
CLAUSE
[ 3.6 ]
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- Use Smart Notices Instead
* permanent location
* indicate that the data set
includes personal data
* indicate the purpose of the
original processing
* no re-identification in the
case of anonymised data

27. A Scenario of Re-Use Licensing for Personal Data
ReUser1
PSB
ReUse
Agreement
EndUser1
Personal Data
Policy
EndUser2
ReUser2
EndUser3
Combined Policies &
End User Licence
Agreement
* The licences flow from the PSB to the original Re-users that then sublicense or provide Terms of
Service to the End Users
* The data protection policies/ terms of processing flow with the original licences to the Re-users and
then as incorporated in the EULAs/ ToS to the End-Users.
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ReUser1

28. A Scenario of Open Data Licensing for Personal Data
ReUser1
PSB
OpenGov
Licence
ReUser3
ReUser6
ReUser4
Standard
Open
Licences
ReUser6
ReUser2
ReUser5
Personal Data
Processing
Notice
* The licences flow from the PSB to all Re-Users as well between Re-users.
* Different standard licences are used to remix data
* There is a Personal Data Processing Notice issued by the PSB and all Re-users have to point at it.
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ReUser1

29. DO NOT ALLOW
RETROSPECTIVE
WITHDRAWAL
[ 3.7 ]
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- licence termination should
not be retroactive
- have a clearly defined
termination process

30. #conclusions
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31. #1 PSI open by default
by law and design
#2 use standard
licences
#3 use minimal
conditions/
restrictions
#standardise API ToS/
SLAs
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32. Q
#psiconsultation
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