- From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray@okfn.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:23:24 +0100
- To: "Jose M. Alonso" <josema@w3.org>
- Cc: eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>, Oscar Azanon <oscar.azanon@vitruviosistemas.com>, Daniel Bennett <daniel@citizencontact.com>, Kevin Novak <kevinnovak@aia.org>, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
We've also been discussing these issues with various people involved in Principles for Open Government Data. I think it would be wonderful if we could allude to the OKD to emphasise and clarify that 'open government data' should be 'open' in the sense that it allows, e.g., commercial re-use, derivative works, and so on. This has advantages over advocating specific licenses or advocating PD dedication or legislative exemption from copyright (like US Federal government material) - as well as accounting for existing systems like UK Crown Copyright 'Click Use' licenses (which are OKD compliant). It is also includes content (that could be subject to copyright) as well as data (which can fall under other related rights, like EU Database Directive). Re: specific textual additions, what about: "Open government data should be 'open' as in the Open Knowledge Definition (http://www.opendefinition.org) - i.e. free for anyone to access, re-use and re-distribute." Warm regards, Jonathan On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> wrote: > I think this should be done to reflect well what we are compiling. > > -- Jose > > > El 30/03/2009, a las 17:01, Jose M. Alonso escribió: > >> Thanks, Jonathan. Attaching to ISSUE-2. >> >> -- Jose >> >> >> El 03/03/2009, a las 16:56, Jonathan Gray escribió: >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> I originally drafted the Open Government Data section a while ago and >>>> got >>>> very few comments about it, so I assume people is happy with the content >>>> so >>>> far. I also asked about the outline of that sections and if was good >>>> enough >>>> or not and people agreed on being good and serve as basis for other >>>> sections. >>> >>> I wonder whether it could be appropriate to allude to the Open >>> Knowledge Definition in this section? >>> >>> http://www.opendefinition.org/ >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Jonathan Gray >>> >>> Community Coordinator >>> The Open Knowledge Foundation >>> http://www.okfn.org >> >> > > -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org
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