[okfn-discuss] about open access but not open access

Sat May 4 14:20:52 UTC 2013

Bastien

I used Outlook and a number of other proprietary tools to build a sovereign
fiscal data set which I announced on OKFN blog back in January.  See
http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/31/sovereign-credit-risk-an-open-database/.
The tools I used are less important than the ultimate result of my work:  a
free data set carrying the Open Data Commons Attribution License. 

My point is that if one wants to be an advocate of open data, one should
also contribute open data.  What tools one uses to assemble the open data is
not important (as long as the tools' licenses do not restrict distribution
of the work product).

I hope this distinction makes sense.

Regards,
Marc

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Simone Aliprandi
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:56 AM
To: okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org
Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] about open access but not open access

> I'm not sure what "Openness is also a philosophy, a stlye of life"
> means.  Where do you start, where do you stop?  For example, Marc in 
> this thread is using Microsoft Outlook for sending emails.  Should we 
> blame him?

I repeat that in my opinion it is not the same thing.
It doesn't matter what a person does in his own computer; but it does matter
what he publicly assert... especially when he is trying to teach someone
else what is wrong and what is right.

bye, Simone
--
Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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