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The Open Knowledge Foundation defines Open Data very precisely, see: http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/. While there is some disagreement about the details (specifically with respect to share-alike provisions) there is broad agreement that for data to be open it must be freely re-usable by anyone for any purpose.
