[od-discuss] follow up todo: "contact the Kenya Open Data Initiative on OD compliance"

Mon Aug 13 20:42:41 UTC 2012

Personally, I would consider removing the word "Sadly".  It pre-supposes is
that this will be received as bad news when in fact the license is in
pretty good shape and is closer to conformance than many.

H

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When writing the summary of the last call on the open definition and
> spotted an open TODO:
>
> "contact the Kenya Open Data Initiative on the issue." Here is a draft
> mail. Please comment/change.
>
> All best
> Daniel
>
> -- snip --
>
> Subject: Compliance of the Kenyan Open Data Policy with the Open Definition
>
> Dear all,
>
> my name is Daniel Dietrich, Open Data Evangelist of the Open Knowledge
> Foundation [1] and Project coordinator of the Open Definition [2]. I am
> contacting you today, on behalf of the Open Definition Advisory Council,
> because of the compliance of the Kenyan Open Data Policy with the Open
> Definition.
>
> The Open Definition Advisory Council reviewed the Kenyan Open Data Policy
> [3] as used in the Kenyan Government open data portal. Sadly the group
> agreed that the Kenyan Open Data Policy was non-compliant with the Open
> Definition because of it's non-commercial restrictions:
>
> <quote>
> As such, and subject to any minor restrictions that may be imposed by the
> law of copyright regarding the use of public information, the Kenya ICT
> Board and the government agencies whose information is provided on this
> website impose no restrictions to the non-commercial reproduction,
> re-publication and re-distribution of any information published on its
> website.
> </quote>
>
> This implies only permission for non-commercial use whereas open
> definition requires that the data be freely usable for any purpose
> including commercial ones. We think this is an important issue since this
> affects the Open Data Ecosystem. International interoperability of datasets
> is key to build a sustainable open data ecosystem.
>
> The Open Definition sets out principles to define ‘openness’ in relation
> to content and data and is widely recognized as the international standard
> to evaluate license compliance.
>
> We would be please if we could discuss this issue and explore
> possibilities how we could help you make the Kenyan Open Data Policy
> compliant with the Open Definition. It would be great if we could have a
> call by phone or skype at any time soon.
>
>
> Kind regards
> Daniel Dietrich
> on behalf of the Open Definition Advisory Council
>
>
> --
> Daniel Dietrich
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> Open Government Data WG Coordinator
> Chairman OKF Germany
>
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