Legal solutions for open data
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| Coordinator | Lunds universitet - Lund University Internet Institute |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | December 2012 - November 2013 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The project has had its main focus on legal research and thereby be able to provide concrete suggestions for practical legal solutions for making public administration data sources open. Two distinct proposals are put forward: 1. Guidelines for re-use of data held by the Agency (data policy), and 2. An open license for the further exploitation of information from the public administration.
Results and expected effects
The primary benefit lies in helping to drive the making available of official open data to such an extent as is possible within the current legal framework, by reducing the legal uncertainty that could subdue the dissemination of such information.
Approach and implementation
In the initial phase of the project, we conducted a series of talks with government representatives and legal experts in the field of open data, including public seminars and roundtables. Then followed mainly a shift in focus towards the dogmatic legal issues, i.e. in form of a judicial inquiry, because the law proved so multifaceted and complex that only investigating what applies was a challenge in itself, which was the origin to legal uncertainty that was impeding open data processes. The legal review resulted in the proposals on data policy and license.