Open Government Licence v2.0

Open Government Licence v2.0

28 June 2013

The National Archives has today launched the Open Government Licence rendering 2.0 following consultation with users and other stakeholders in the unenclosed data community on how the Licence could subsist developed further to reflect new and emerging cogitation on the licensing of public sector complaint. 

Background

The Open Government Licence is some open licence, which means that it allows intelligence to be used and re-used through virtually no restrictions. The Open Government Licence is lot of the UK Government Licensing Framework (UKGLF) which was launched in 2010. The Open Government Licence permits the exercise and re-use of a wide range of government and other common sector information. This supports the state's policy on transparency and unclosed data. 

What has changed?

The basic stipulations and conditions of the Open Government Licence translation 2.0 remain the same in the same proportion that the previous version in that it continues to:

put up with use and re-use of knowledge in any format for both arising from traffic and non-commercial purposes without charge  

enjoin re-users to publish an concession of the source of the denunciation

exclude personal information from the licence

exist compatible with other licensing models, of the like kind as Creative Commons, and is Open Definition conformant

We acquire introduced a separate section of the Licence headed 'Non-endorsement'. This is designed to versify it clear that the licence does not give the re-user to suggest that their versions of the accusation enjoy any official status or obtain departmental endorsement.  

The National Archives is furthermore introducing the OGL symbol, a -minded way of identifying when information be possible to be used and re-used with less than the terms of the Open Government Licence. The OGL figure was developed by The National Archives through help from the Government Digital Service. The OGL token, at a glance, shows that advice can be used and re-used while suffering open licensing.

How will this regard re-users?

As the Open Government Licence translation 1.0 is a perpetual licence, those even now using information made available under these commencement terms will be able to tarry to do so. 

The awaken to Open Government Licence version 2.0 applies to new users of information once the suitable website and publishing copyright notices take been updated.