Hi all,
The New Zealand copyright framework document Tracey posted inspired me to put together a last-minute submission to the Copyright Consultation process to ask for Crown Copyright reform that allows for the free re-use of public sector information.
There's a starting draft on MixedInk that uses Vancouver's Open Data, Open Standards, and Open Source motion as a model. You can view it, comment on it, rate it, or write another version of it (or all of the above) here:
http://mixedink.com/VisibleGovernmentCa/CrowncopyrightIf this is a topic you care about, please help get the wording and ideas right by editing the draft on MixedInk. MixedInk is a web app that allows people to propose edits and vote on versions. MixedInk has been used by several media organizations to write open letters, as well by the US's Open Government Initiative to draft policy recommendations.
The editing deadline for the submission is Sept. 9. The rough plan, if there's interest and participation, is to set up a simple sign-up website with the finished submission and collect signatures from the 9th to the 13th.
Please let me know what you think. It's late in the process, but I was inspired by the New Zealand draft licensing framework, which I read yesterday, to try and *do* something. It seems like a strong model.
Also, let me know if you have an issue with using MixedInk.
Jennifer Bell
http://visiblegovernment.ca __________________________________________________________________
The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at
http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/
Locked
