Netherlands: 31 March 2010

Creative Commons Netherlands in a news topic congratulates the Dutch Government on adopting Creative Commons Zero for the newly launched Government wide online information service.

The news topic states:

“The Netherlands government has launched Rijksoverheid.nl, a new website that all Dutch ministries will migrate to (English; other links in this post are Dutch).

Creative Commons Netherlands notes that the site’s copyright policy signals a seriousness about open sharing of public sector information — its default is to remove all copyright restrictions with the CC0 public domain waiver.

Rijksoverheid.nl not only signals a true commitment to openness but also sets a strong example for other governments. Congratulations!”

lancering www.rijksoverheid.nl

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The Dutch version of the Creative Commons Netherlands news topic:

“Since today (March 31) is the first version of rijksoverheid.nl online. It is the first step in a process where more and more ministries and other government organizations through a portal (and corporate) will be reached. Not an easy operation. Rijksoverheid.nl but in another sense an amazing milestone. Who visits the website rijksoverheid.nl does well here also click on the copyright info, all right. Rijksoverheid.nl is (as we know) the first government site content to make available under CC0, which means that the content is a public domain status is granted. It is free of restrictions reusable. The government thus provides a signal that she is serious about the open sharing of (public) information.”

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