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[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] - are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ CC BY 2.5 Australia] and/or [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC BY 3.0 Australia] . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce].  
 
[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] - are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ CC BY 2.5 Australia] and/or [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC BY 3.0 Australia] . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce].  
 
** over 50 datasets released on data.australia.gov.au http://data.australia.gov.au/ for the Mashup Australia contest: http://mashupaustralia.org/
 
** over 50 datasets released on data.australia.gov.au http://data.australia.gov.au/ for the Mashup Australia contest: http://mashupaustralia.org/
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=== DBpedia ===
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*structured information extracted from Wikipedia
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=== Freebase ===
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*http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7269
  
 
===Greece Government===
 
===Greece Government===
 
* http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ CC BY-SA 3.0 Greece
 
* http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ CC BY-SA 3.0 Greece
 
* http://opengeodata.gr CC BY 3.0 Greece, first implementation of the INSPIRE directive
 
* http://opengeodata.gr CC BY 3.0 Greece, first implementation of the INSPIRE directive
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=== MusicBrainz ===
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* http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License
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* MusicBrainz is an early example (note their recognition that parts of the MusicBrainz database is strictly factual, so in the public domain, while other parts are licensible).
  
 
===New Zealand Government===
 
===New Zealand Government===
 
* The [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] has been released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
 
* The [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] has been released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
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=== OpenStreetMap ===
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*http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/20350
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*http://de.creativecommons.org/openstreetmaporg/
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*http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OpenStreetMap
  
 
===Poland Government===
 
===Poland Government===
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* The Basque government opened a portal called Open Data Euskadi http://opendata.euskadi.net/ that uses CC BY 3.0 Spain.
 
* The Basque government opened a portal called Open Data Euskadi http://opendata.euskadi.net/ that uses CC BY 3.0 Spain.
  
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=== Uniprot ===
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* see http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2006/02/09/worlds-largest-protein-db-now-under-cc-license/
 
===United Kingdom Government===
 
===United Kingdom Government===
 
* [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], including all affiliated websites such as [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions]
 
* [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], including all affiliated websites such as [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions]
 
=== DBpedia ===
 
*structured information extracted from Wikipedia
 
 
=== Freebase ===
 
*http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7269
 
 
=== MusicBrainz ===
 
* http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License
 
* MusicBrainz is an early example (note their recognition that parts of the MusicBrainz database is strictly factual, so in the public domain, while other parts are licensible).
 
 
=== OpenStreetMap ===
 
*http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/20350
 
*http://de.creativecommons.org/openstreetmaporg/
 
*http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OpenStreetMap
 
 
=== Uniprot ===
 
* see http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2006/02/09/worlds-largest-protein-db-now-under-cc-license/
 

Revision as of 20:38, 27 January 2011

This is a list of uses CC licenses for data. For uses of CC0 public domain dedication for data, see CC0 use for data.

Data and CC license use cases

Australian Government

data.australia.gov.au - are all licensed by default under CC BY 2.5 Australia and/or CC BY 3.0 Australia . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The ABS and Geoscience Australia have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the Mashup Australia competition run by Australia's Government 2.0 Taskforce.

DBpedia

  • structured information extracted from Wikipedia

Freebase

Greece Government

MusicBrainz

New Zealand Government

OpenStreetMap

Poland Government

  • Equal Program projects database - Polish Ministry of Regional Development has required materials produced in the scope of the EQUAL program, collected in a Project Database on the Ministry site, to be licensed under a Creative Commons license.

Powerhouse Museum

Spain (Basque) Government

Uniprot

United Kingdom Government

  • data.gov.uk, including all affiliated websites such as Ordinance Survey's maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [1]