It's important to keep in mind the distinction between UK Crown Copyright and Parliamentary Copyright: http://bit.ly/kiuUk0
Crown Copyright (with some exceptions: http://bit.ly/k3EAII ) is covered by the UK Open Government Licence http://bit.ly/cILWrm (OGL) which came into effect January 2010 - this licence is 'similar' to & 'interoperable with' CC BY licence. So UK government (former & current) deserve credit for this move (although adoption of CC BY licence would have been preferable). We in the UK probably need to shout more about the OGL and the extent of government material that is available for reuse on similar terms of a CC BY licence.
Parliamentary Copyright is not currently covered by the OGL and a 'click use' parliamentary licence applies. http://bit.ly/lTSqsO - however, changes to this are being considered by the government.
The word, regarding Parliamentary Copyright, from The National Archive, (the UK Government Body that manages both Crown and Parliamentary Copyright), by email today, is:
"Parliament intend to move to an "open " licence later this year. The National Archives has been working with Parliament in the last few months and have identified a number of options which are currently under consideration, however at this stage no decision has been made as to the licence(s) that will apply."
So hope positive changes are on the way.
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UK Crown Copyright & Parliamentary Copyright
Crown Copyright (with some exceptions: http://bit.ly/k3EAII ) is covered by the UK Open Government Licence http://bit.ly/cILWrm (OGL) which came into effect January 2010 - this licence is 'similar' to & 'interoperable with' CC BY licence. So UK government (former & current) deserve credit for this move (although adoption of CC BY licence would have been preferable). We in the UK probably need to shout more about the OGL and the extent of government material that is available for reuse on similar terms of a CC BY licence.
Parliamentary Copyright is not currently covered by the OGL and a 'click use' parliamentary licence applies. http://bit.ly/lTSqsO - however, changes to this are being considered by the government.
The word, regarding Parliamentary Copyright, from The National Archive, (the UK Government Body that manages both Crown and Parliamentary Copyright), by email today, is:
"Parliament intend to move to an "open " licence later this year. The National Archives has been working with Parliament in the last few months and have identified a number of options which are currently under consideration, however at this stage no decision has been made as to the licence(s) that will apply."
So hope positive changes are on the way.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Joscelyn.
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