Data

Increasingly, open data is facilitated by sharing under public terms. Below are links to case studies of organizations, institutions, and governments using CC tools for data.

CC0 use for data

CC0 (read “CC Zero”) is a universal waiver that may be used by anyone wishing to permanently surrender the copyright and database rights they may have in a work, thereby placing it as nearly as possible into the public domain. CC0 is particularly relevant to data.

Data and CC licenses

A list of uses of CC licenses for data.