Make WHO content re-usable

Inspiration

All publications published by WHO are licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; thus making it impossible e.g. for wikipedia to use the high-quality content. Open licences like CC BY or CC BY-SA are preferrable.

There are role models, e.g. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/commission-makes-it-even-easier-citizens-reuse-all-information-it-publishes-online

What it does

Opening up high-quality content to fight disinformation online

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

There is many an institution that embraced open licenses for sharing high quality content and data. https://pro.europeana.eu/post/europeana-opens-up-full-dataset-for-re-use

What I learned

Restrictions introduced b/c of fear are often ill-advised.

What's next for Make WHO content re-usable

WHO should update their licensing policy and make its content re-usable for everyone.

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