open government licence (United Kingdom)

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The Open Government Licence (United Kingdom) is a permissive copyright license that allows free use, adaptation, and sharing of UK public sector information with minimal conditions such as attribution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Open Government Licence	3
Open Government Licence (UK)	1
Open Government Licence (via legislation.gov.uk)	1
UK Government Open Data initiative	1
open government licence (United Kingdom) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6378364 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: open government licence (United Kingdom)
Context triple: [Crown copyright, relatedTo, open government licence (United Kingdom)]

A. OPEN Government Data Act
The OPEN Government Data Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to manage their information as open, machine-readable data by default to promote transparency, accessibility, and reuse.
B. World Bank Open Data license
The World Bank Open Data license is a permissive data license that allows free access, use, and redistribution of World Bank datasets, typically with requirements for attribution and proper citation.
C. Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board
The UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board was an advisory body established to promote open data and transparency across the public sector, helping to shape policies on releasing government information to the public.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: open government licence (United Kingdom)
Target entity description: The Open Government Licence (United Kingdom) is a permissive copyright license that allows free use, adaptation, and sharing of UK public sector information with minimal conditions such as attribution.

A. OPEN Government Data Act
The OPEN Government Data Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to manage their information as open, machine-readable data by default to promote transparency, accessibility, and reuse.
B. World Bank Open Data license
The World Bank Open Data license is a permissive data license that allows free access, use, and redistribution of World Bank datasets, typically with requirements for attribution and proper citation.
C. Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board
The UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board was an advisory body established to promote open data and transparency across the public sector, helping to shape policies on releasing government information to the public.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	copyright license ⓘ open government data license ⓘ permissive license ⓘ
administeredBy	The National Archives (United Kingdom) ⓘ linked to: The National Archives
allows	adaptation ⓘ commercial use ⓘ copying ⓘ distribution ⓘ publishing ⓘ
appliesTo	UK public sector information ⓘ
compatibleWith	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (in many reuse scenarios) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
encourages	open data publication ⓘ
excludes	departmental or public body logos ⓘ military insignia ⓘ personal data ⓘ royal arms and royal names ⓘ third-party rights not owned by the Crown or public body ⓘ
governingBody	UK Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
hasAttributionRequirement	include statement that information is licensed under the Open Government Licence ⓘ provide URI or link to the licence text ⓘ
introducedBy	UK Government Licensing Framework ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
latestVersion	OGL v3.0 ⓘ linked to: OGL
legalSystem	law of England and Wales ⓘ law of Northern Ireland ⓘ law of Scotland ⓘ
licenseType	non-exclusive ⓘ royalty-free ⓘ worldwide ⓘ
prohibits	misleading use of information ⓘ suggesting official endorsement ⓘ
purpose	facilitate reuse of public sector information ⓘ
relatedConcept	open access to public sector information ⓘ open government data ⓘ
requires	attribution ⓘ indication of source ⓘ
scope	copyright ⓘ database rights ⓘ
shortName	OGL ⓘ
subjectOf	UK Government Open Data policy ⓘ
usedBy	UK central government departments ⓘ local authorities in the United Kingdom ⓘ non-departmental public bodies in the United Kingdom ⓘ
version	OGL v1.0 ⓘ OGL v2.0 ⓘ OGL v3.0 ⓘ linked to: OGL
website	https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ ⓘ

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