Lesson
Open data licensing
When we talk about ‘open data’, we mean legal openness, so everybody can access, reuse and distribute it. This lesson is a first introduction to open data licensing, and what it means in practice. Through e-learnings, videos, readings, and the licensing tool, you’ll be able to differentiate between the different licenses, build a machine-readable open license that can be applied to all online content, and use the the European data portal licensing tool. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to select the right open data license for your dataset.
About this lesson
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Course:
- Understanding the legal side of open data
- Theme:
- PolicyLegalImpact
- Format:
- E-learning, Reading, Videos, Tools
Lesson materials
Open data licensingE-Learning
This is the eLearning related to the lesson 'Open data licensing'. This eLearning is offered in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
Licensing AssistantReport
Data which is shared with a licence becomes open data. There are many licences available. The licensing assistant provides a description of the available open data licences. It also gives an overview of how to apply licences as re-publisher or distributor of open data and how to combine multiple licences.