[Open-access] A map of publicly funded work in the UK for a campaign for open license for publicly funded work

[John Cummings]

Thanks Peter

I was thinking about contacting the New Economics Foundation about this, it
seems to fit in with their interests.

John

On 3 December 2014 at 13:28, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> The classic is Rufus Pollock's work on the value to UK PLC if map data was
> open. Roughly Ordnance survey generates 100 Million GBP from maps, licences
> BUT massive opportunity cost. If open the value to UK PLC would be about
> 500 million. No doubt Rufus will correct figures.
>
> In my slides I quote Batelle survey on human genome - 1 dollar generates
> 180 dollars. Slightly flawed as other technologies and developments also
> contribute - I'd go for 18.
>
> I'm listening to BBC news where "1 pound on infrastructure generates 2.5
> pounds of value" (would like firmer figures). We have to get an economist
> who cretaes a similar figure for Open. Then government can use this.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:47 PM, John Cummings <
> John.Cummings at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Peter
>>
>> I think one of the strongest arguments to make is the economic one
>> although I have little knowledge of it, can you suggest sources of
>> information for this?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 3 December 2014 at 12:34, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> GREAT idea John,
>>>
>>> I'd start with areas where creators' right don't muddy the water - this
>>> is science and public government. I calculate that we spend 500 Billion or
>>> more on public science worldwide (
>>> http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/osbrazil ) and we lose a
>>> large percentage of that. If governments want to generate new wealth , then
>>> starting with opening up science is close to a no-brainer.
>>>
>>> I'm with you - and have committed TheContentMine (contentmine.org) to
>>> mine facts directly into Wikidata.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>> University of Cambridge
>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Peter Murray-Rust
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> University of Cambridge
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> +44-1223-763069
>



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