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Open Government Licence

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Open Government Licence

Summary

Open Government Licence is a public license[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (public_license category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Open Government Licence authored UK National Archives[3].
  • Open Government Licence's instance of is recorded as public license[4].
  • Open Government Licence's instance of is recorded as free license[5].
  • Open Government Licence's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[6].
  • Open Government Licence's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[7].
  • Open Government Licence's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[8].
  • Open Government Licence's Commons category is recorded as OGL[9].
  • Open Government Licence was released on September 30, 2010[10].
  • Open Government Licence's has edition or translation is recorded as Open Government Licence v1.0[11].
  • Open Government Licence's has edition or translation is recorded as Open Government Licence v2.0[12].
  • Open Government Licence's has edition or translation is recorded as Open Government Licence v3.0[13].
  • Open Government Licence's official website is recorded as https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/open-government-licence/[14].
  • Open Government Licence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Open Government Licence[15].
  • Open Government Licence's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/[16].
  • Open Government Licence's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OGL'}[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include public license[4] and free license[5].

Why It Matters

Open Government Licence draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (public_license category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . nationalarchives.gov.uk. nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . nationalarchives.gov.uk. nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OGL'}
    Approved by → Q6063
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q99891702]], remove unnecessary use of preferred rank #msynbotTask13"
  2. 3d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → ['Q140645744', 'Q309901']
    Official name → Open Government Licence for public sector information
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1448]]: Open Government Licence for public sector information"
  3. 4d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → Q6063
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P123]]: [[Q6063]]"
  4. 4d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q140645744
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P577]]: 30 September 2010"
  5. 4d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
    Part of → ['Q140645744', 'Q309901']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q140645744]]"
  6. 4d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OGL'}
    Author → UK National Archives
    Official website → https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/r
    Language of work or name → Q7979
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q99891692]]"
  7. 4d ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → UK National Archives
    Official website → https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/r
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → public license, free license
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1813]]: OGL"
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