[open-government] [openhouseproject] A Brief Legal History of Open Government Data

Fri Feb 3 18:34:14 UTC 2012

Josh Tauberer,

Thanks for the link to your history of open gov data, and the on-line book. Interesting.

 - greg slater

On Jan 29, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Josh Tauberer wrote:

> Over the last year I've been tracing the history of open government data laws back in time and have found some interesting stories involving....
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>   The Visigoths, and perhaps the earliest open-law law,
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>   Flour inspectors in the 1760s, and codification of law,
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>   Disbursements disclosure in 18th century China, and
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>   The first FOI law in 18th century Sweden.
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> These stories and more can be found at http://opengovdata.io/2012-02/page/4/brief-legal-history-open-government-data.
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> ...which is Chapter 4 of my creatively titled book
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>   Open Government Data: The Book
>   http://opengovdata.io/
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> And by "book" I mean website with a lot of words.
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> I'll be posting about other chapters as they are finalized. Next up will be "17 Principles of Open Government Data."
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> Feedback warmly welcome.
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