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

Sat May 4 14:55:06 UTC 2013

Openness has its roots in pragmatism.

For an emphasis on the ethics and philosophy (without losing the pragmatism):

http://wikieducator.org/Say_Libre

K

On 4 May 2013 16:20, Marc Joffe <marc at publicsectorcredit.org> wrote:
> 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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