The Australian Bureau of Statistics (Abs) has is going to publish the majority of its web contents under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.

The ABS conducts the annual Australian census, and is the holder of all official Australian statistical data. It’s been providing all its resources for free for a number of years, but under a limited re-use licence. The decision to go one step further and allow complete reuse of its material – even for commercial purposes – heralds a great opportunity for the Australian community, researchers and business, and hopefully will lead to a great leap in the use of and innovation based on this rich resource. Read the rest of this entry »

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Creative Commons is conducting a study highly relevant to the future development of their licenses.  They would like input for a currently running questionnaire from as many people who care about public copyright licenses as possible. Please spread this news. Read the rest of this entry »