Pan-Canadian Open Government Licence
New licence provides certainty for users of Open Data
The City of Nanaimo is often cited as a leader among Canadian providers of municipal Open Data, a key component of the City’s commitment to transparency as identified in the City of Nanaimo Strategic Plan.
The potential of this information is unlimited, but without a well-known licence users and application developers have faced significant challenges in understanding the legal implications of their use of the City of Nanaimo Open Data.
On June 18th, the Government of Canada published a new Open Government Licence, developed through public consultation and in collaboration with several provincial governments. The following day, the Province of British Columbia published a version of the Open Government License which reflects British Columbia privacy laws and jurisdiction.
Today, the City of Nanaimo is pleased to announce that the information in the City of Nanaimo Open Data Catalogue is available under the same terms as this Pan-Canadian Open Government Licence. With the adoption of this licence, users and application programmers can be assured that Nanaimo’s data can be used under the same legal framework as those applied by the governments of Canada, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
Key Benefits Include:
- provides certainty for users of municipal open data
- consistent with other levels of government
- first Canadian municipality to adopt this licence
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