[open-civil-society] Introducing open-civil-society

Thu Aug 4 10:53:27 UTC 2011

Think this is one of the key points. That (closed) data is increasingly
being used by the private sector, and open data is a key tool to avoid
disempowering civil society further. We already have the data-haves and
have-nots, and civil society (and government) is in the have-nots camp, as
even if they have the data they often don't have the skills to use it or
ability to see they'd benefit from sharing it.

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> 6)     If we do nothing the private sector will be all over this agenda
> like a rash and we will be so far behind it will be impossible to ever catch
> up.
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> Chris
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