Do Crown organisations need a licence to re-use Crown copyright material produced by other departments?
A. In contractual terms the Crown is an indivisible entity and the Crown cannot contract with itself. Strictly speaking, no formal licence agreement is required. Nevertheless, departments should not copy or publish material from another department without permission of the originating material. The arrangements between organisations such as Ordnance Survey and other departments often take the form of memoranda of understanding.
Related Questions
- Where can I access the Crown Copyright, Public Sector Information re-use and official publishing information that used to be on the OPSI?
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