[Cc-hk] Fwd: [cc-community] Very exciting government announcement - the ABS is going CC

Haggen So haggenso at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 02:58:32 EST 2008


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From: Jessica Coates <j2.coates at qut.edu.au>
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Subject: [cc-community] Very exciting government announcement - the ABS is
going CC
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 In a very small, easy to miss post, the Australian Bureau of Statistics
(ABS) has made a very exciting announcement. They're going CC - and under an
Attribution-only licence, no less.

>From the ABS website (
http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Website+Changes+Coming+Soon):


Creative Commons provides a spectrum of licensing for the use of
intellectual property between full copyright and public domain – in essence
'some rights reserved'. The ABS is poised to introduce Creative Commons
licensing for the majority of its web content.

The relevant Creative Commons logo
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/> (which will link to
the *Attribution
2.5 Australia* <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/> Licence)
will be included at the bottom of every page on the ABS website.


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.


Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology

ph: 07 3138 8301
fax: 07 3138 9395
email: j2.coates at qut.edu.au


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