[open-government] San Francisco's legal definition of open data and OpenDefinition.org

Wed Dec 7 16:38:18 UTC 2011

Fantastic! If you need any further support, please let us know.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Timothy Vollmer
<tvol at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Hey Jonathan:
>
> I'm gonna see if I can get there this weekend. I agree we need focus on
> legal considerations in addition to format issues.
>
> tvol
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Is anyone on the list participating in this?
>>
>>
>> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/12/05/setting-the-legal-standard-for-open-data/
>>
>> It would be great to build on existing work such as:
>>
>>
>> http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles
>>
>> More links at:
>>
>>
>> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/08/we-need-international-open-government-data-principles/
>>
>> And - in particular - to highlight the importance of legal openness
>> and open data licensing (rather than just formats):
>>
>> http://opendefinition.org/
>>
>> There's a slide deck outlining some of the main legal options for
>> public bodies here:
>>
>> http://www.slideshare.net/jwyg/legal-aspects-of-open-government-data
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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>>
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