The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is investigating data licensing by universities. But what does licensing involve?

We will be hearing more and more about data licensing as the drive to share data gathers force. If you are interested in sharing your data openly, there are existing licenses available to you. The Open Knowledge Foundation has produced a Guide to Open Data Licensing to help navigate this maze.

"One of the essential ingredients of re-usable data is clarity of re-use permissions, terms, and conditions", according to ANDS. Yet finding out what data is open and what use can be made of it is often a minefield.