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Govt seeks views on Open Data License

A public consultation on the idea of an Open Data License has been begun by the government of India, a draft version of which can be downloaded here. The last date of submission is July 25th 2016, and comments need to be filed via the MyGov.in website, here. As per terms mentioned in the license: 1. Usage and remixing: Users can access, use, adapt, and redistribute data published under this license for all lawful and non-exclusive purposes, without payment of any royalty or fee; the license is applicable worldwide and in perpetuity, across any medium or format, and can be used for commercial and non commercial purposes. 2. Attribution: The user must acknowledge the provider, source and license of data by publishing an attribution statement, URL, or digital object identifier of the source data. In case of multiple sources of data, they can attribute to a link to a page attributes all the datasets. The attribution format: “Data has been published by [Name of Data Provider] and sourced from Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of India: [Name of Data]. ([date of Publication :dd/mm/yyyy]) .[DOI / URL / URI]. Published under Open Government Data License - India: [URL of Open Data License – India].” 3. No liability for the data provider: The data provider(s) is not held liable for any errors or omissions in the data set, or the impact of the data set. A user may not hold the data provider due to the usage of the data for a…

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