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But, except of [UK legislation](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/browse) where each law-document have an explicit license ([OGL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Government_Licence)), most countries not offer explicit or implicit license. The \"license\" of the law-documents must be inferred.\r\n\r\nEven \"inferred license\" is a good indicator. \r\n\r\nAnother interesting aspect on the *openness of legislation*, indicated by its license,  is the necessary (for preserve citizen rights) [\"citation-alike observance\" described here](https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/wiki/Citation-alike-clauses-of-open-licenses-for-law#user-content-the-citation-alike-clause-and-observance). When we checked this observance, it offers a measure of the coherence of the legal system about its openness compromises.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/okfn/opendatacensus/issues/comments/123052750","html_url":"https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus/issues/555#issuecomment-123052750","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/okfn/opendatacensus/issues/555","id":123052750,"user":{"login":"tryggvib","id":3489241,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3489241?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib","html_url":"https://github.com/tryggvib","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tryggvib/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-20T21:42:44Z","updated_at":"2015-07-20T21:42:44Z","body":"The Icelandic \"Information law\" of 2012 has an article (article 30) on reuse of public sector information, here it is translated by me:\r\n\r\n> \"Article 30. Generic terms for reuse of public sector information.\r\n> It is allowed to reuse public sector information which has been made accessible to the general public according to law, as long as the these conditions are followed:\r\n>    1. Reuse of the information cannot violate other laws, including criminal law, copyright law and law about privacy laws, nor the rights of a third party.\r\n>    2. Source of the information shall be attributed.\r\n>    3. It shall be clear who is responsible for processing the information when it is made accessible to others.\"\r\n\r\nThese are the general terms in Iceland for all public sector information that has been made available. Of these I have discussed the explicit mention of *copyright law* in the first item of the list which in my opinion can cause confusion, but lawyers I've discussed this with say that these terms apply to both the public entity as well as the user and that the first item is supposedly aimed at the public entities who should not violate copyright when they make their own information available. I don't really see how they can do that which is why I'm more inclined to interpret this as being aimed at the general public.\r\n\r\nAnyways, there has been a discussion that I've participated in which was supposed to lead to an open license in Iceland, similar to the one in the UK (OGL). Lawyers at the prime minister's office who would publish such a license have claimed that it is unneeded because the general terms are already in the information laws. No license can ever override \"generic terms\" and the generic terms are so broad that a license will either restrict the terms (which the executive branch of government cannot do) or just say the same thing. So the conclusion from the government side is that there cannot be a government license, only guidelines that help the general public **and** public entities to follow the law (i.e. say the same thing as the laws).\r\n\r\nThat's the gist of it. @morchickit any more elaboration you need?"}}