<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:noreply@ndsap.gov.in">noreply@ndsap.gov.in</a></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no-reply@sampark.gov.in">no-reply@sampark.gov.in</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 9:51 AM<br>Subject: Public Consultation on Government Open Data Use License - India<br>To: <a href="mailto:anivar.aravind@gmail.com">anivar.aravind@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<td> <p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px"><b>Dear Sir/Madam</b></p><p> </p><p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px">Under 6th Pillar of Digital India Initiative, <a href="http://jan-sampark.nic.in/jansampark/click.jsp?tab=pmo&lat=00200&urlid=39a9d2ac3128e67f46315888b84cb1c3e955d2ec" style="text-decoration:none;color:#3074cb" target="_blank"><b>Open Government Data Platform India</b></a> (<a href="http://data.gov.in" target="_blank">data.gov.in</a>) is an endeavor for sharing of Government data in open formats with an objective to improve openness, transparency, encouraging participation of the community and emphasizing data driven decision making to enable the delivery of integrated services. </p><p> </p><p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px">Structured and machine readable data available in open format and open license, for public access and use, termed as <a href="http://jan-sampark.nic.in/jansampark/click.jsp?tab=pmo&lat=00200&urlid=61b4fde67aa9d8e6105c3fbcded53633840794f1" style="text-decoration:none;color:#3074cb" target="_blank"><b>"Open Data"</b></a>. It allows citizens and businesses to find new ways to use it and to create new innovative products and services. </p><p> </p><p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px">Open data should be accessible and licensed for anyone to access, use and share. A License gives clarity that data can be used and shared for multiple purposes and gives explicit permission to use the data for commercial and non-commercial purposes. With this view, Government of India initiate to have an Open Government Data Use License.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px">A committee was formed to draft the <a href="http://jan-sampark.nic.in/jansampark/click.jsp?tab=pmo&lat=00200&urlid=4240d9de649e105d23128b5ffa0c0a20df44453e" style="text-decoration:none;color:#3074cb" target="_blank"><b>Government Open Data Use License India</b></a>. And after several round of discussions and deliberations <a href="http://jan-sampark.nic.in/jansampark/click.jsp?tab=pmo&lat=00200&urlid=4f6e571d0998ea3a728138ac9bbbc63c29d64f90" style="text-decoration:none;color:#3074cb" target="_blank"><b>the Committee</b></a> under the chairmanship of Sh. Suresh Chandra, Law Secretary Department of Legal Affairs has finalized the draft of the license.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family:open sans;font-size:14px;color:#333333;margin-bottom:23px">General public and stake-holders including open data community members, professionals, academicians, data scientists, NGOs, institutions, government bodies, etc. in the field of open data production, consumption and management are hereby solicited to send their suggestions on draft Government Open Data Use License - India at:<a href="http://jan-sampark.nic.in/jansampark/click.jsp?tab=pmo&lat=00200&urlid=0f684b4e4ff72aa996cf77db4a313c078ed7b9b3" style="text-decoration:none;color:#3074cb" target="_blank"><b> https://www.mygov.in/group-issue/public-consultation-government-open-data-use-license-india</b></a> </p><p> </p></td>
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