The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has made an announcement to deploy CC - and under an Attribution-only licence, no less.
http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Website+Changes+Coming+Soon
Creative Commons provides a spectrum of licensing for the use of intellectual property between full copyright and public domain – in essence 'some rights reserved'. The ABS is poised to introduce Creative Commons licensing for the majority of its web content.
The relevant Creative Commons logo
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
(which will link to the _Attribution 2.5 Australia_
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ Licence) will be included at the bottom of every page on the ABS website.
The ABS conducts the annual Australian census, and is the holder of all official Australian statistical data. It's been providing all its
resources for free for a number of years, but under a limited re-use licence. The decision to go one step further and allow complete reuse of its material - even for commercial purposes - heralds a great opportunity for the Australian community, researchers and business, and hopefully will lead to a great leap in the use of and innovation based on this rich resource.
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