The Protocol gives 3 basic reasons for preferring the ‘PD’ approach in a section entitled ‘Issues in Database Licensing’. I excerpt and comment on these in turn. As will be clear from the comments below I am not really convinced by any of these points that attribution or share-alike provisions should not be included in open data licenses. ...
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
