Government use of Creative Commons

Currently this is a scratchpad for referencing known government uses of CC licensing (and government recommendations of CC licensing). Please add to the list and turn compelling uses into Case_Studies.

Armenia

• http://www.president.am/president/cover/eng/ Official website of the Armenian President. CC License BY-ND 3.0 Unported.

Australia

• Australian Bureau of Statistics website - Australia's census and statistical data are now licensed under CC BY 2.5 Australia.
• National Library of Australia - various policy materials
• Powerhouse Museum - releases a large range of material under CC, including its photo of the day project, downloadable pdfs from its Play program and the museum's general collection information and data
• NSW Department of Education and Training - Dynamic Calculus': Teaching Resource
• Aged Care Queensland's eMentoring Handbook
• National Copyright Unit - Creative Commons for Educators fact sheets produced for the Smartcopying website in conjunction with Creative Commons Australia.
• Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy - Buddie E-security Education Package

Australian government reports recommending CC usage

• Government Information and Licensing Framework - a Queensland Government strategy on open access and use of information
• Venturous Australia: the National Innovation Review - report recommends government use of CC licences, and is released under CC
• Victorian Government's Economic Development Committee recommends CC licensing for public sector information.

Bulgaria

• http://www.president.bg/main.php Bulgarian President. CC BY ND 2.5 Bulgaria.
• http://www.prb.bg Chief Prosecutor of the Republic of Bulgaria. CC BY 2.5 Bulgaria
• http://www.mfa.bg Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. CC BY ND 2.5 Bulgaria.

Colombia

• http://www.siac.net.co/Home.php?opc=2 Official website of the Colombian Biodiversity Information System depending from the Ministry of Environment.

Mexico

• President Felipe Calderon Website, BY NC ND 2.5 Mexico. http://www.presidencia.gob.mx
• National Sports Comission http://www.conade.gob.mx
• Federal Government guide for website building recommends the use CC licenses

Netherlands

• Creative Commons Licensing for the Public Sector (pdf)

New Zealand

• The Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution licence on the Koordinates website - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets

OECD

• http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/seoul-declaration.pdf

Russian Federation

• All materials (fotos, texts, videos, audios, etc.) of Kremlin.ru (Official Website of President of the Russian Federation), Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY 3.0 Unported)
  • Letter of authorisation from the Press Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation allowing use of Kremlin.ru materials under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence (PDF, English, 3 October 2008)
  • Template on Wikimedia Commons (English and Russian)

Spain

• http://www.slideshare.net/justicia/the-use-of-creative-commons-licences-in-the-ministry-of-justice-of-the-government-of-catalonia/

United States

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/copyright White House web site, President Barack Obama, CC BY 3.0 US
• http://change.gov/about/copyright_policy President-Elect Transition Team, Barack Obama and Joseph Biden. CC BY 3.0 Unported.
• http://recoverysf.org/intranet/RecoverySF/ RecoverySF Content by http://recoverysf.org. CC BY 3.0 US.
• New York State Senate, Senate Content, CC-BY-NC-ND with CC+ allowing non-political fundraising use of content.
• State of Virginia, legislation that indicates a preference for state-funded materials to be released with a CC (or equivalent open) license.