Commons News

New Queensland Police data website licensed under CC BY

Cheryl Foong, 5th November 2012

The Queensland Police Service is again leading the way as a government agency, recently launching the myPolice Data website (http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/data/). myPolice Data currently provides statistical information on the number and rates of reported offences between 1997 – 2012. This data … Continue reading

Open Access Week

Cheryl Foong, 22nd October 2012

This week (22 – 29 October) is Open Access Week, and events are being held around the world in celebration. In Australia, an Open Scholarship: Research and Publication symposium will be held by the Deakin University Library, at Deakin’s Burwood … Continue reading

Geoscience Australia to license Landsat 8 satellite images under CC BY

Cheryl Foong, 27th September 2012

The terms of the new Landsat 8 satellite agreement between the governments of the United States and Australia acknowledge that Geoscience Australia (GA), like its senior partner the US Geological Survey, is committed to making more spatial data more readily … Continue reading

Creative Commons and the Digital Economy

Cheryl Foong, 21st September 2012

Creative Commons Australia, through its stewardship of the Creative Commons licences in Australia, plays a leading role in enabling copyright to be actively managed to give effect to Open Access initiatives. Since Creative Commons was launched in Australia in 2005, … Continue reading

New CC licence chooser

Cheryl Foong, 17th August 2012

CC has launched a new licence chooser, available at http://creativecommons.org/choose/. It’s a great development, as it makes the process of choosing a CC licence clearer and more intuitive. This new licence chooser (on the right) features the same questions in … Continue reading