From f4688bf2e25ce3460e098614edff0d014f20e67a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: punkish Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 10:27:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated license-examples.md --- license-examples.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/license-examples.md b/license-examples.md index a620290d..f5c3d125 100644 --- a/license-examples.md +++ b/license-examples.md @@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ This section offers usable examples of open licenses for potential use by agenci Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. ยง 105. When purchasing data or content from third-party vendors, however care must be taken to ensure the information is not hindered by a restrictive, non-open license. In general, such licenses should comply with [the open knowledge definition](http://opendefinition.org/okd/) of an open license. Several examples of common open licenses are listed below: ## Content Licenses -* [Creative Commons BY, BY-SA, or CC0](http://creativecommons.org/choose/) +* [Creative Commons BY and BY-SA](http://creativecommons.org/choose/) * [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html) +## Public Domain Dedication +* [Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) + ## Data Licenses * [Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL)](http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-pddl) * [Open Data Commons Attribution License](http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/) * [Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)](http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/) * [Creative Commons CC0](http://creativecommons.org/choose/) +## Software Licenses + ## More Information -*[Extended list of comformant licenses](http://opendefinition.org/licenses/)* +*[Extended list of comformant licenses](http://opendefinition.org/licenses/)* \ No newline at end of file