National Archives refreshes government data licensing

The National Archives has extended the UK government licensing framework, which provides a policy and legal overview for licensing the re-use of public-sector information, to cover as many licensing scenarios as possible.

Jim Wretham, head of information policy at National Archives, said the organization had:

• Extended the UK government licensing framework so it covers the use, re-use and sharing of spatial data.
• Developed a non-commercial, 'open' licence for information to be re-used free of charge provided it is not for commercial use.
• Updated the framework to cover guidance on licensing software and source codes when a charge may be made for re-using information and third party copyright.