[OKFN-FR] Fwd: The Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter

Tue Feb 5 16:54:23 UTC 2013

FYI, la Newsletter de l'Open Knowledge Foundation,
on y parle notamment de l'article de Simon Chignard sur les biens communs.

Pierre

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From: Open Knowledge Foundation <blog at okfn.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Subject: The Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter
To: pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com

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We’re fresh back from our biannual summit, which brought together members
from Open Knowledge Foundation Local Groups and Working Groups around the
world. It was truly inspiring to hear about the *vision and dedication* of
people in so many disparate geographical and thematic corners, all working
towards a shared vision of future in which *open knowledge empowers people
everywhere* to build to worlds they want to see. We’ve been working on
making it easier for you to get involved - Find out below how you help
us *cultivate
the digital commons*.

We can only ever report on a fraction of what's going on across the network
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find out more about
*becoming an Open Knowledge Foundation supporter*.

   Help Us Cultivate The Digital Commons

At the Open Knowledge Foundation we work to *cultivate a global commons of
digital material* that everyone is free to use and enjoy.

This digital commons includes everything from open
data<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=6463e6154b&e=9937c0eff2>about
carbon
emissions<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=33618ce747&e=9937c0eff2>or
spending<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=ac997798e9&e=9937c0eff2>from
governments around the world; to open access research in the
sciences<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=525ecaef44&e=9937c0eff2>,
the humanities<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=d00b3e185e&e=9937c0eff2>,
and many<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=ae561162de&e=9937c0eff2>
other<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=6d1ff4eb75&e=9937c0eff2>
disciplines<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=d7a89c7a55&e=9937c0eff2>;
to public domain
works<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=a0311b4361&e=9937c0eff2>from
galleries,
libraries, archives and
museums<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=33171cf83c&e=9937c0eff2>
.

In the last few months we’ve been looking at how we can better support
local<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=822e88c7c0&e=9937c0eff2>and
domain
specific<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4e1dcbf1a7&e=9937c0eff2>affinity
groups around the world. If you share our vision and want
to work with us to realise
it<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=f00b047cb0&e=9937c0eff2>,
then you can now:

   - Join or start a *Local Group*:
okfn.org/local<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=02bbd0e5a9&e=9937c0eff2>
   - Join or start a *Local Meetup*:
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   - Apply to become a *Local Ambassador*:
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   - Join or suggest a *Working Group*:
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   - Join the new *Taskforce*:
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 We want to see a *stronger and more connected network* to support the
digital commons - find out how we can help each other more in this
blog post<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=24e1325a8c&e=9937c0eff2>
.

   Open Economics

One Working Group<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=c9cca2f370&e=9937c0eff2>which
has been going from strength-to-strength is
*Open Economics<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=b30f07bb05&e=9937c0eff2>
*. The first *International Open Economics Workshop* took place on the 17th
and 18th December at Emmanuel College in Cambridge. Forty academic
economists, data publishers and funders of economics research, researchers
and practitioners came together to build an understanding around the value
of open data and open tools for the Economics profession and the obstacles
to opening up information, as well as the role of greater openness of the
academy. You can find out exactly what went on
here<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=af10ecd8a9&e=9937c0eff2>
.

A brilliant example of what a more open approach to economics might look
like was offered by the new open database of sovereign credit
risk<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=49c21bf81a&e=9937c0eff2>.
Its makers need you to join in with enhancing the quality of openly
published financial datasets, with the ultimate aim of developing a
credible, transparent and collaborative alternative to the credit ratings
status quo. The power wielded by credit rating agencies has been much
criticised throughout the economic crisis - *let’s start to do something
about it.*

   (Some of) our News

After Hans Rosling’s landmark talk at OKFest 2012, it was fascinating to
hear more from him<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=ec5443822b&e=9937c0eff2>about
his call for
*opening up carbon emissions data*. We’re really looking forward to seeing
some action in this sphere - join our new Open Sustainability Working
Group<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=86a41fe2e2&e=9937c0eff2>if
you’d like to get involved.

There’s been a tonne of activity in* the OpenGLAM world*. From the USA, we
got the good news that the Digital Library of America is recommending an
open CC0 license<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4b8c541ce2&e=9937c0eff2>.
This was sadly followed by that the Bibliotechque nationale Francaise (BnF)
is making moves to privatise sections of the public
domain<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=71d0b4ee39&e=9937c0eff2>.
We strongly *condemn this course of action*, and will be working with our
Communia<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=0ed213cd19&e=9937c0eff2>partners
to persuade them against it.

We are super proud to announce that the new version of *the U.S
government’s data.gov<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=94532135a1&e=9937c0eff2>portal
*will be moving over to our open source
CKAN<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=997df8666a&e=9937c0eff2>software.
We think there are now probably around 100 CKAN powered sites -
but since anyone anywhere can launch their own version, we don’t really
know! It’s fantastic to see our product becoming an international standard
for open data management.

Our* Belgian group* have been busy bees: find out more about their work on
Open Transport and Apps4Europe
here<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=d5e59f2a57&e=9937c0eff2>
.

How open are your country’s finances? Explore the *Open Budget Survey
2012* with
our interactive
tool<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=5148794a48&e=9937c0eff2>
.

What does *the history of Open* look like? We want your timeline
submissions for our Open Book
project<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=566d97487d&e=9937c0eff2>
.

And whether you made it to Helsinki or not, check out the OKFest 2012 after
package<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=316467816d&e=9937c0eff2>,
with tonnes of stuff to keep you talking till we see you for this year’s
event!

   Ideas and Musings

Here’s a little taster of what we’ve been thinking about on the blog. Do *get
in touch* if you have something to say!

Simon Chignard<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=21a4540b14&e=9937c0eff2>gave
us “Four
Ideas for defending the Open Data
Commons<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=f49f0eaf47&e=9937c0eff2>”,
an issue whose importance grows as fast as the profile of openness.

Joris Pekel<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=cadad562cd&e=9937c0eff2>explored
some of the consequences, risks and side-effects of Non-Commercial
(NC) licenses<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=55cf92f245&e=9937c0eff2>
.

And John Gollan from the School of the Environment, University of
Technology, Sydney explained why he believes that "Citizen science *can*
produce reliable
data<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=660d952ce2&e=9937c0eff2>",
despite its occasional detractors.

   Dates for your Diary

And lastly, Here’s a couple of dates for your diaries. *Hope to see you soon
*!

The Open Research Data Handbook
Sprint<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=001b7a57f0&e=9937c0eff2>,
1th-16th February, London.

The ePSI conference and
workshops<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=3fb4565541&e=9937c0eff2>,
21st-23rd February, Warsaw.

Open Data Day<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=a88c68580d&e=9937c0eff2>23rd
February, everywhere!

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