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Open data licenses and use restrictions

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: One of the defining characteristics of open data is that is it free to use and re-use. Legal claims of copyright or the sui generis right over datasets make re-use difficult. Open data licenses allow dataset creators to provide pre-facto authorisations for re-use of their datasets. This helps contribute more open data to the ecosystem. There are many types of open data licenses today. Some are created by government bodies, and applied to public sector information. An example is France’s Lice...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/135db

Author: Ramya Chandrasekhar

Language: English

Topic: Intellectual Property Rights and Media

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6936560403

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