Complex sentence: The Canadian government initiated an open data pilot project in 2012 using an open government licence, similar to the Creative Commons (CC) attribution non-commercial licence (CC BY-NC), allowing for remixing and non-commercial uses.
Split into simpler sentences: The Canadian government has initiated an Open Data pilot project using an open government licence, which is similar to the Creative Commons Attribution. Non-Commercial licence (CC BY-NC) allowing for remixing and non-commercial uses.