Open data licenses and use restrictions

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...