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* Draft for [http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/nzgoalframework.html NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) framework] released for public discussion on August 27, 2009. The framework will enable greater access to many public sector works by encouraging State Services agencies to license material for reuse on liberal terms, and recommends Creative Commons as an important tool in this process.  
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* [http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/nzgoal NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) framework] standardises the licensing of government copyright works for re-use using Creative Commons licences and recommends the use of ‘no-known rights’ statements for non-copyright material. It is widely recognised that re-use of this material by individuals and organisations may have significant creative and economic benefit for New Zealand. Was released for public discussion on August 27, 2009. The framework will enable greater access to many public sector works by encouraging State Services agencies to license material for reuse on liberal terms, and recommends Creative Commons as an important tool in this process.  
 
* The [http://koordinates.com/maps/environment/ 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/ Creative Commons Attribution licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
 
* The [http://koordinates.com/maps/environment/ 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/ Creative Commons Attribution licence] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website  - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
  

Revision as of 14:11, 31 August 2010

Currently this is a scratchpad for referencing known government uses of CC licensing and public domain tools (and government recommendations of same). Please add to the list and turn compelling uses into Case Studies.

Examples are needed for national/federal, state/provincial and local/city/county governments (or their equivalents) as well is inter-governmental bodies such as the European Union and United Nations.


Armenia

Australia

Australian government reports recommending CC usage

Bulgaria

Chile

Colombia

European Union

Greece

Guatemala

Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank is requiring the adoption of Creative Commons by the organizations that receive funding from the Bank in the context of the FOMIN (Fondo Multiateral de Inversiones) initiatives, particularly the ICT4BUS, a fund that promotes the adoption of e-commerce in the American continent, which has financed more that thirty initiatives in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua and other Latin American countries. Banks require those initiative to use the GPL to license any software developed by organizations receiving support from the bank, and CC to license the documentation related with those computer programs, such as user manuals.

Italy

Korea

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Russian Federation

Spain

United Kingdom

  • 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" [2]

United Nations

United States

Federal

State

  • 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.

Local government