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<p class=MsoNormal>Those interested in the licensing of government information
and data will be interested in the release of the draft report from the Australian
Government 2.0 Taskforce for public comment - <a
href="http://gov2.net.au/files/2009/12/Draft-Government-2-0-Report-release.pdf">http://gov2.net.au/files/2009/12/Draft-Government-2-0-Report-release.pdf</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Taskforce (<a href="http://gov2.net.au">http://gov2.net.au</a>)
was launched by our <a
href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=YU5">Minister for
Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner MP</a>. The Taskforce is "made up
of policy and technical <a href="http://gov2.net.au/members/">experts and
entrepreneurs</a> from government, business, academia, and cultural
institutions" and have a reference to advise the government on
"increasing the openness of government through making public sector
information more widely available to promote transparency, innovation and value
adding to government information" and "encouraging online engagement
with the aim of drawing in the information, knowledge, perspectives, resources
and even, where possible, the active collaboration of anyone wishing to
contribute to public life."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The draft report includes a number of recommendations relating
to Creative Commons – in fact, it’s mentioned 67 times. The report
also quotes at length from Creative Commons’ CEO, Joi Ito. This isn’t
that surprising, as a number of the members of the Taskforce have had a lengthy
relationship with CC – Professor Brian Fitzgerald is the head of Creative
Commons Australia, Mia Garlick was once Creative Commons International’s General
Council, and Seb Chan regularly uses the licences in his own work. But we thank
Brian, Mia and Seb, as well as the other members of the Taskforce, for their
ongoing support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The most significant CC reference is probably the Taskforce’s
recommendation on extending opportunities for the reuse of government
information, which is summarised (at p.xii) as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>By default public sector
information (PSI) should be made available on the following terms: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>• Consistent
with the need for free and open re-use and adaptation, PSI released should be
licensed under the Creative Commons BY standard;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>• Where ownership
does not rest with the Commonwealth, or is shared with other parties, agencies
should seek to ensure its release under Creative <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Commons BY; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>• From June
2011 all agencies that enter into new agreements with third parties should
ensure publication under a Creative Commons BY licence;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>• Copyright
policy should be amended such that if published or unpublished works are
covered by Crown copyright, the works should automatically be re-licensed under
a Creative Commons BY licence at the time at which Commonwealth records become
available for public access under the Archives <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Act 1983.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Comments on the draft report are due by 16 December (ie next
Wednesday). As an interesting aside, they’ve set up an excellent
consultation platform, with the ability for people to comment on each paragraph
in an open platform - http://gov2.net.au/consultation/2009/12/07/draftreport/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jessica
Coates</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Project
Manager</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Creative
Commons Clinic</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Queensland
University of Technology</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ph:
07 3138 8301</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fax:
07 3138 9395</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>email:
j2.coates@qut.edu.au</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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