BioMed Central has drafted a position statement on data sharing, open data and licensing, and they have invited the wider scientific community to join the discussion to craft an explicit open data licensing policy.
BMC acknowledges the Panton Principles for open data in science, adding the caveat that the scientific community ensure researchers still receive appropriate credit for their contributions.
Science Commons has also issued a protocol for implementing open access data, a set of principles for open access data.
