Dear Adrian,

This actually came up once before on this list [1], the summation of 
which was, from Sally, BIBFRAME "will be [made available for use] 
liberally like MARC."

That said, we need to work on clearly articulating license issues.  Now 
that we've reached a few milestones, we have some time to look into 
these but the initial comment on this from November remains accurate: it 
will be made with little or no restrictions.

Suffice it to say, uptake is important and liberal licensing will foster 
that.

Yours,

Kevin

[1] 
http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1211&L=BIBFRAME&P=R5716&I=-3&X=482FBE44475D7F8C44

On 02/01/2013 04:27 AM, Adrian Pohl wrote:
> Hello,
>
> as the conversation now gets beyond the mere data model for representing bibliographic data and moves to the discussion of future data exchange and protocols, I would like to point to another key aspect of a future bibliographic framework. It's the licensing aspect that already was discussed in 2007 after the publication of LoC's report "On the Future of Bibliographic Control" [1] that prepared the ground for Bibframe. At this time, some people were "concerned that the report lacks any discussion of a key component for any future of bibliographic data: open licensing and access" and published a response to the Library of Congress [2] (co-drafted by the Open Knowledge Foundation and Aaron Swartz, see [3]). As far as I know, LoC never reacted to this response. Since 2007, many libraries and related institutions have embraced open licensing. Thus, integrating a licensing policy into the bibliographic framework shouldn't be a big deal by now.
>
> I am curious whether it is planned to address the licensing aspect in the development of Bibframe and when this will happen. I would be happy if Bibframe made clear how the web-wide free flow of bibliographic data will be LEGALLY ensured and won't be hampered by intellectual property right and licensing conditions.
>
> All the best
> Adrian Pohl
>
>
> [1] http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
>
> [2] http://wiki.okfn.org/FutureOfBibliographicControl
>
> [3] http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/14/goodbye-aaron-swartz-and-long-live-your-legacy/
>
>
>
> Adrian Pohl
> - Linked Open Data -
> hbz - Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes NRW
> Tel: (+49)(0)221 - 400 75 235
> http://www.hbz-nrw.de
>