Posted by
Glen Newton on
Feb 26, 2013; 7:49pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/The-case-for-context-in-defining-Open-Data-tp5474p5482.html
The Weenusk issue has nothing to do with Open Data.
In the past the Gov of Ontario released this kind of data with a
non-Open Data license for all to see (but not reuse, redistribute,
etc).
Open Data or restrictive data release: the Weenusk issue is with the
publication of the data, not its license.
It is orthogonal to the license issue.
-Glen
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Heather Morrison <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> On 2013-02-26, at 11:17 AM, James McKinney wrote:
>
> The OKF definition covers a set of desirable qualities that we want to see in government-published data, and strikes a balance between what we want and what we are likely to get.
>
> Comment / questions:
>
> 1. Please define "we".
>
> 2. Can you explain precisely how the OKF definition "strikes a balance between what we want and what we are likely to get" in the context of the Weenusk First Nations' concerns?
>
> From Ted Strauss' blogpost:
>
> "In northern Ontario, the provincial government recently conducted an aerial geological survey and was on track to publish the results publicly online (source). The mining industry was more than ready to review this free data collected at tax-payers expense. But the Weenusk First Nation, whose land was unknowingly part of the survey, did not see openness in the same light. “To us, freedom doesn’t have staked claims,” Weenusk Chief Edmund Hunter said".
>
> Te Strauss' case for context can be found here:
>
http://blog.trudat.co/the-case-for-context/>
> best,
>
> Heather Morrison
> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
>
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com>
>
>
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