On 12 April 2014 15:58, Carsten Agger agger@modspil.dk wrote:
I wrote Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, or rather the civil servant in charge of open data and this license, and she has answered that this is really a bug in the license. What they had *wanted* to say is that the license does not release the recipient from obligations to fulfill other legal requirements, and that the authority cannot be held responsible for unlawful use of the data. I've been told that since they had wanted to make a clear and unambiguous license, they now intend to replace the "ensure data are used in accordance with the law" clause with a disclaimer as outlined above - which wouldn't be a problem, since it can't be read as a further restriction. Basically, they answered that this is a bug in the license and they hope to be able to fix it in the next version. This is good news, especially if they make the change soon.
Excellent news! \o/ Good work!
BTW, this is why the Creative Commons 3.0.1 licenses exist - because a mention of "moral rights" looked a bit much like a condition rather than a disclaimer, so they released a clarified version.
- d.