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Now fellahs!
I agree! It was a little slip from my world, as in the lobby context it is a harsh and a
hard sell to data producing and holding institusions operating in financially scarce
environments! (i think i expressed the context i am coming from as a response to mike -
take a peak!)
change in the objective - freely availalble - to - available at no cost! Available
freely is the current context, the hitch being there is a cost.
You know what i would love to do!
a brainstorm on the wiki or the list of all the reasons data and information and their
related technologies shold be available at no cost to citizens! What do you think!
There have been some nice ones articulated so far and it would be good to expand on
those. It could also become a really nice resource for those trying to convince
institutions why they should have the data and even be fine fodder for those embroiled
over legal debates with their municipal govs!
ciao!
tracey
Tracey P. Lauriault
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC)
Dept. of Geography, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa (ON) K1S 5B6
(Off) +1 613 520 2600 ext 2252 (Home) +1 613 234 2805
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On Feb 22, "Robin Millette" <
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> On 2/21/06, Michael Lenczner <
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> > comments inline below
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> > On 2/21/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <
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> > > change - freely accessible - to - accessible at no cost for non commercial
purposes -
> > > reason - freely is the current modis operanti but at a cost! excluding freedom of
> > > information (FOI). non commercial is important as the assumption is that a
business can
> > > afford to do this.
> >
> > I respectfully disagree with this. I think that I should be able to
> > make a map of montreal that is advertiser supported and I should be
> > able to include potholes taken from a municipal or burrough database.
> > I think that that database should be freely accessible to all - not
> > just to non-profit entities. Frankly, a lot of projects might not
> > happen if google adwords are not allowed.
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> I have the same reaction that Michael has. Non-commercial is a very
> fuzy concept, see this list of use cases for example:
> <a
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http://oldwiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/NonCommercial_use_cases</a>
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http://civicaccess.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss_civicaccess.ca</a>
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