[open-government] Defining Open Data

[stef]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:36:34AM -0400, Deniz Susar wrote:
> However, technical openness is not clear, a PDF file with an open license,
> does it qualify as open data or not?

i'd say it's not open, furthermore it reveals the malice/incompetence of the
releasing party. especially if it is scanned.

never use pdfs, except if you're in the printing industry or if you use pdfs
as attack-vectors to deliver malware.

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pgp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/stef.gpg
pgp fp: FD52 DABD 5224 7F9C 63C6  3C12 FC97 D29F CA05 57EF
otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt