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

[Herb Lainchbury]

Sure, I can do that.  Can someone remind me, is this the only issue that
needs be resolved for compliance?


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>wrote:

> Good point! As I am not a native speaker, could you perhaps help me
> putting this into a nice wording, so that it sounds friendly but
> encouraging them to make it better?
>
> Daniel
>
> On 13 Aug 2012, at 22:42, Herb Lainchbury wrote:
>
> > 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
> > Open Data Evangelist at the OKF
> > Open Government Data WG Coordinator
> > Chairman OKF Germany
> >
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>


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