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		<title>Open Data Commons &#8211; Attribution License released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone for their feedback on the licenses and their help with the project. We can now announce a new license to the Open Data Commons family, the ODC Attribution License (ODC-BY) license. This is a database specific license &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2010/06/24/open-data-commons-attribution-license-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2010/06/24/open-data-commons-attribution-license-released/</link>
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		<title>ODC-BY new draft available for comment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to have a short comment period on the latest version of the ODC-BY license, which has a few changes based on some feedback we received and added text that was discussed as part of the Open Database License &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2010/06/01/odc-by-new-draft-available-for-comment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2010/06/01/odc-by-new-draft-available-for-comment/</link>
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		<title>Draft of an Open Data Commons Attribution License</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open Data Commons are happy to announce the first draft of an attribution license for data/databases: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/ A commentable version of the text is available here: http://www.co-ment.net/text/2091/ Feedback is actively sought and we would be grateful for any assistance in &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2010/01/11/draft-of-an-open-data-commons-attribution-license/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2010/01/11/draft-of-an-open-data-commons-attribution-license/</link>
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		<title>Jordan speaking at ISWC on open data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legal and Social Frameworks for Sharing Data on the Web Open Data Commons co-founder and co-author of the PDDL and ODbL, Jordan Hatcher, will be speaking at the International Semantic Web Conference in Washington DC on the 25th of October &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/10/13/jordan-speaking-at-iswc-on-open-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/10/13/jordan-speaking-at-iswc-on-open-data/</link>
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		<title>ODbL summary now up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Amos from the Open Street Map License Working Group has very kindly created a plain language summary of the Open Database License. This summary gives a clear but simple guide to how the database and its contents can be &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/09/12/odbl-summary-now-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/09/12/odbl-summary-now-up/</link>
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		<title>Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce the release of v1.0 of the Open Database License (ODbL): http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ The Open Database License (ODbL) is an open license for data and databases which includes explicit attribution and share-alike requirements. This license, the first &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/06/29/open-database-license-odbl-v10-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/06/29/open-database-license-odbl-v10-released/</link>
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		<title>Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 Release Candidate 2 Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 &#8220;Release Candidate 2&#8243; is now available at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ As expected there haven&#8217;t been many changes from the first Release Candidate. The two main alterations are: Removal of section 4.7 related to reverse engineering. This &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/06/15/open-database-license-odbl-v10-release-candidate-2-available/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/06/15/open-database-license-odbl-v10-release-candidate-2-available/</link>
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		<title>Making Your Data Open: A Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve started work on an ultra simple guide to assist people who want to make their data open: http://www.opendatacommons.org/guide/ We&#8217;ve been asked a lot recently for a simple HOWTO and this guide is one effort to address this. This is &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/05/18/making-your-data-open-a-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/05/18/making-your-data-open-a-guide/</link>
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		<title>Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 Release Candidate Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 &#8220;Release Candidate&#8221; is now available at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ This updated version of the license incorporates a whole set of changes arising out of the earlier comments period and the main changes are summarized below. As &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/04/29/open-database-license-odbl-v10-release-candidate-available/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/04/29/open-database-license-odbl-v10-release-candidate-available/</link>
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		<title>Open Database License Draft Available for Comments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of drafting and consultation with interested communities, especially Open Street Map, the current (beta) draft of the Open Database License (ODbL) was released for public comments today. We&#8217;re delighted to have reached this stage and &#8230; <a href="http://opendatacommons.org/2009/02/27/open-database-license-draft-available-for-comments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://opendatacommons.org/2009/02/27/open-database-license-draft-available-for-comments/</link>
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