[open-government] Encouraging open data usage by commercial developers

Fri Oct 3 09:32:11 UTC 2014

ohi,

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 09:28:01AM +0100, Phil Archer wrote:
> Some of you will be aware of the EU-funded Share-PSI 2.0 network [1] in
> which OKF is a partner along with more than 40 others from across Europe.
> 
> The project's next event takes place in Lisbon 3 - 4 December and will focus
> on the theme of commercial exploitation of open data.

i think only victims can be exploited, data not. using such a language makes
me cringe what kind of evil schemes this event is about.

> There will be very few slide and talk presentations. Rather, it's going to
> be a series of directed conversations (in parallel sessions) with groups
> talking about legal aspects, organising hackathons, multilingualism,
> securing funding and more.

ethical and privacy aspects should get a much more prominent exposure.

> Details, an evolving agenda and all the rest of it is available at [2] and
> you have just over a week to get ideas in for a session of your own.
> 
> I hope you'll join us in Lisbon.

i hope there will be some responsible people around, not only those maximizing
their returns and externalizing their costs onto information asymmetry
victims. - and none of the established kraakens like google, facebook and the
others.

cheers,s

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