[open-government] Fwd: PSI in Poland - panem et circenses

Wed Jul 6 13:35:38 UTC 2011

Dear Stefan,

most EU member states operate according to the
slogan PANEM ET CIRCENSES.

The valuable and critical data-sources are of
course kept secret. Nobody wants to reveal the
amount of hard and soft corruption and
interference between the five pillars of the
society. 

Most FOI legations are NOT effective across
Europe. That should be the benchmark and not the
soft public data which is offered to us to keep us
quite.

Best,

Gerard

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Von: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org
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Auftrag von stef
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2011 12:44
An: Anna Kuliberda
Cc: open-government at lists.okfn.org; EU Open Data
Working Group
Betreff: Re: [open-government] Fwd: PSI in Poland

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 12:36:52PM +0200, Anna
Kuliberda wrote:
> It is a great news and a big congratulation for
Centrum Cyfrowe and 
> the group of Polish internet users who were very
active on this!
> Just to add more context, as it's not so happy
news:
> On the other hand of opening the data, Polish
government, what it is 
> worth noting, in the same project decided to
restrict access to 
> certain information, such as requested by the
administration of legal 
> advice or expertise.
> I hope it will be fixed by the Parliament, but
it will be difficult fight.
> best,
> Anna

is this the same concern as was last time raised,
when we we're cheering for the polish to rock?
what exactly does that mean? that there is a
publicity stunt that gives some PSI freedoms, but
takes away some more important others?
how is this to be unterstood? have we lost but are
distracted by shiny PR, or is this not so bad?

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