[okfn-hu] law and order

Sat Apr 2 12:06:42 UTC 2011

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:56:52AM +0200, Peter Gervai wrote:
> I'm not sure how open they are to hand over the data, but in my
> experience the courts take publications seriously, and not impossible
> they're willing to.

there is a will to reform the courts practice
http://www.jogiforum.hu/hirek/23435
http://www.birosag.hu/resource.aspx?ResourceID=OIT_strategiaja_reszletes_2010_0621

also EKInt addressed that issue: 
http://hvg.hu/itthon/20090910_Eotvos_Karoly_Intezet_birosag_hatarozatok.aspx

and heres an interesting opinion.
http://index.hu/velemeny/jegyzet/veva080703/

sorry Jonathan for all the hungarian.

> No time to check now, idea is open for grabs.
> 
> By the way PLEASE list "available open data" cautiously. Try to
> differentiate between accessible but copyrighted data from accessible and
> open data from open but inaccessible data.

open but inaccessible? doesn't quite sound open to me. 

> (...from closed and inaccessible but created by public spending data, which
> is by far the largest and most problematic set.)

basicly anything funded by public money should be public!

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