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2000
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A new QSIC Business Environment is launched.
It includes: principles, arrangements and agreements.
This is the first time that Queensland Government custodians of spatial information data sets and material have a common policy and licensing suite for publishing their data sets and material.
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2004
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GILF STAGE 1
A review of the 2000 QSIC Business Environment commences.
The review included a discussion on the range of technology, policy and information licensing options and a survey on licensing practices.
The investigation phase underpinning the review became known as Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) Stage 1. The review found that there was not a consistent approach to the use and implementation of the QSIC Business Environment by State Government agencies. This produced inefficiencies within and between agencies and increased the cost to business and the community in dealing with government.
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January 2005
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QSIC staff attend the Open Content Licensing (OCL): Cultivating the Creative Commons Seminar
This event was presented by Queensland University of Technology’s Faculty of Law in association with the Creative Industries Faculty.
Following this, QSIC staff engaged the Queensland Government’s Crown Law to provide advice on Creative Commons and whether it would be acceptable for licensing public sector information.
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January 2005
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Creative CommonsAustralia is formally launched
The Creative Commons project commenced in the United States in 2001 and is internationally championed by Professor Lawrence Lessig from Stanford University. Creative Commons Australia grew from the iCommons Australia project led by Professor Brian Fitzgerald at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Law.
Creative Commons and open content licensing arrangements have been adopted in 51 countries.
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June 2005
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The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law project at QUT Faculty of Law commenced.
The OAK Law project’s objective is to develop legal protocols for managing copyright issues in an open access environment and to investigate the provision and implementation of a rights expression language for implementing such protocols at a technical level and integrating with existing open access repositories.
An alliance to share research and knowledge is formed between QSIC and the faculty.
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October 2005
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GILF STAGE 2
QSIC considered the Crown Law Report which later become known as the GILF Stage 1 Report
The GILF Stage 1 Report recommendations were agreed in principle and approval was given by QSIC to progress to Stage 2.
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2005 – 2006
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Alliance between QSIC GILF Project and QUT’s Faculty of Law OAK LAW Project.
As part of GILF Stage 2, the project conducted research into best practice in information licensing throughout the world and recommended that the State Government further investigate the adoption a single open content information licensing model, based on the Creative Commons approach.
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30 March 2006
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Australian Government released “Responsive Government – A New Service Agenda 2006 e-Government Strategy”.
Address by The Hon Gary Nairn MP
Special Minister of State to Australian Government Solicitor’s Media & Communications Forum
The report and the Minister’s speech highlighted the importance of the Queensland Government's work on GILF.
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August 2006
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QSIC endorses the Stage 2 Report
Stage 2 involved extensive consultations with state, federal and local government agencies, and the private sector. This consultation resulted in a recommendation that State Government agencies pilot the move to an information licensing framework based on Creative Commons (CC) for qualifying information where no issues of privacy, confidentiality or other legal or policy constraints apply. Pilot agencies were identified for implementation of the Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF).
A PDF copy of The Stage 2 report can be found in the Resources Section.
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22 December 2006
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GILF STAGE 3
Funding approved GILF Stage 3. Stage 3 is to include three step reports:
- “Data Review and Legal Audit Report and Government Information Licensing Framework Toolkit”.
- “Legal Analysis of the Use of Restrictive Provisions within Open Content Licensing”.
- "Business Case and Supporting Technology".
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8 March 2007
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Step 1 report finalised: “Data Review and Legal Audit Report and Government Information Licensing Framework Toolkit”.
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30 April 2007
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Step 2 report finalised: “Legal Analysis of the Use of Restrictive Provisions within Open Content Licensing”.
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2 July 2007 –
30 June 2010
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CRC-SI Project 3.05
Project 3.05 undertook longer-term legal, economic and technical research to support GILF outcomes and to trial the Framework. Project. Participants were: Spatial Information Systems Limited; Ergon Energy Corporation Limited; Queensland University of Technology; Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water; Landgate (Western Australia); Western Australian Land Information Authority (WALIS); Geogenx Pty Ltd; and Australian Bureau of Statistics.
A link to CRC-SI Website can be found in the Resources Section.
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13 July 2007
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Australian National Summit on Open Access to Public Sector Information
The first major policy forum of key decision makers from around Australia and international experts are assembled to discuss the implications of Open Access and the adoption of GILF. Presentations and the Summit Report are available in the Resources Section.
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17 September 2007
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The final Stage 3 report – called the Step 3 Report “Business Case and Supporting Technology” – is presented to the ICT Innovation Fund Board
Senior officials consider the report and recommend GILF be fully piloted in a Queensland Government agency.
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4 May 2008
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International Summit on Open Access to Public Sector Information
Speakers from the UK, Canada and New Zealand join Australian leaders to present an anthology of international and Australian approaches to public sector information, as well as presentations on productivity, innovation and drivers for open access.
Presentations and the Summit Agenda are available in the Resources Section.
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12 March 2008 – December 2008
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GILF STAGE 4: Trial Implementation of GILF
On behalf of the Queensland Government, the Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR) in Queensland Treasury trialled the implementation of the GILF. The Western Australian Government also commenced a trial of the framework via Landgate and under the auspices of the CRC-SI Project 3.05.
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8 May 2008 –April 2009
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GILF For the Nation Project: Development of the GILF Website
Undertook the development of an e-learning website to assist in national jurisdictional validation and to allow public servants to licence material to use the licensing review process. The GILF Website is finalised late March 2009.
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9 September 2008
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Venturous Australia – Building Strength in Innovation
Dr Terry Cutler conducted a major Australian Government review of the National Innovation System in Australia. Recommendation 7.8 proposes that Creative Commons licensing be used for all government-funded research.
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12 December 2008
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Presentation to CC Tech Forum, BostonUSA
An alliance was formed between the Creative Commons Organisation and the CRC-SI Project 3.05 to overcome/improve the IT-related, technical aspects of GILF. This work is ongoing. A copy of the presentation is included in the Resources Section.
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18 December 2008
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Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its website material under Creative Commons licensing.
This decision means that the bulk of Australian Government statistics are now available under Creative Commons BY licence.
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January – June 2009
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GILF for Water Project
GILF for Water, an Australian Government water initiative, will involve training each jurisdiction to use the GILF website and its licensing review process.
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7 April 2009
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The GILF website is launched: www.gilf.gov.au
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