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The requirement to “reproduce and distribute data accurately, fairly and sufficiently” would not affect the creation of derivatives of the data, e.g. using the data to perform analysis, adapting the data in commercial products; and the distribution of such derivatives.
We also note similar terms of use in countries including Canada and Northern Ireland, which have obtained full score in “openly licenced” in the National Statistics dataset.
- Canada: Statistics Canada Open Licence
- “reproduce the Information accurately”
- Northern Ireland: NINIS: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service
- “This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context”
Kindly note that other datasets in Hong Kong (including Government Budget, Procurement, Air Quality, and National Maps) also share the same set of Terms and Conditions as National Statistics. They have also obtained full score in “openly licenced”.
Based on the above, we consider that the National Statistics dataset in Hong Kong should also receive full score in “openly licenced”.