- From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray@okfn.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:30 +0000
- To: "Emmanouil Batsis (Manos)" <manos@abiss.gr>
- Cc: Todd Vincent <todd.vincent@xmllegal.org>, Niklas Lindström <lindstream@gmail.com>, "prof. dr. Tom M. van Engers" <vanengers@uva.nl>, peter.krantz@gmail.com, david osimo <david.osimo@gmail.com>, Jose Manuel Alonso <josema.alonso@fundacionctic.org>, eGovIG IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
The Open Knowledge Definition aims to give a definition of the 'open' in 'open data': http://opendefinition.org/ Functionally, it is a bit like the definitions for Free/Open Source software - providing criteria for determining which licenses, legal tools and terms and conditions make the material they are applied to 'open'. It covers everything from the UK Click Use PSI License to some (but not all) of the Creative Commons licenses. Is this of interest? -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Emmanouil Batsis (Manos) <manos@abiss.gr> wrote: > Todd Vincent wrote: >> >> This is an interesting topic. > > Very true, but not all possible aspects are within scope here. > > As a citizen, I'm certainly interested in social and practical openness, > meaning information accessible by all and for any possible use when talking > about government data. Tech-wise though, we mostly mean easy to use in the > context of heterogeneous systems etc. > > Of course, I'm sure many would be interested in ways "open" in the technical > sense may be directed in such a way as to produce social (side?) effects. > > Oh well. > -- > Manos Batsis, Chief Technologist > __ _ > ____ _/ /_ (_)_________ ____ ______ > / __ `/ __ \/ / ___/ ___// __ `/ ___/ > / /_/ / /_/ / (__ |__ )/ /_/ / / > \__,_/_.___/_/____/____(_)__, /_/ > /____/ > http://www.Abiss.gr > 19, Kalvou Street, > 14231, Nea Ionia, > Athens, Greece > > Tel: +30 211-1027-900 > Fax: +30 211-1027-999 > > >
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