Comments on: Government Information – does it want to be free? http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 02 May 2012 08:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: it.gen.nz » Setting Government Information Free http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5591 it.gen.nz » Setting Government Information Free Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:11:07 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=717#comment-5591 [...] blog post I wrote about opening government information, and one on SSC’s development [...] [...] blog post I wrote about opening government information, and one on SSC’s development [...]

]]> By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:35:36 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=717#comment-5327 Creative Commons—cool! Personally I’d prefer attribution-sharealike, to stop third parties locking up open data in proprietary products. But any use of CC I would still consider to be a major step forward. Creative Commons—cool! Personally I’d prefer attribution-sharealike, to stop third parties locking up open data in proprietary products. But any use of CC I would still consider to be a major step forward.

]]> By: Keitha Booth http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4988 Keitha Booth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:09:02 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=717#comment-4988 An update on current work at the SSC in this area. Government departments responding to our All-of-Government Approach to Licensing Public Sector Copyright Works Discussion Paper have supported our recommendation to adopt the Creative Commons New Zealand suite of Law Licences. This hsa already had some influence, notably at the Ministry for the Environment which last week released 2 of its key databases under the most liberal Creative Commons Attribution BY licence. We are now preparing copyright and licensing advice for agencies, and also updating our information policy. The open data principles have been a great source for us. -- <a href="http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/author/keitha-booth/" rel="nofollow">Keitha Booth</a> An update on current work at the SSC in this area. Government departments responding to our All-of-Government Approach to Licensing Public Sector Copyright Works Discussion Paper have supported our recommendation to adopt the Creative Commons New Zealand suite of Law Licences. This hsa already had some influence, notably at the Ministry for the Environment which last week released 2 of its key databases under the most liberal Creative Commons Attribution BY licence.

We are now preparing copyright and licensing advice for agencies, and also updating our information policy. The open data principles have been a great source for us.

– Keitha Booth

]]> By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4860 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:47:01 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=717#comment-4860 This is one area where it’s useful to look to the US as an example: there, they have no concept of copyright owned by the Government; anything created with taxpayer funds, that might otherwise be copyrightable, is in the public domain. After all, why should taxpayers pay twice? This is one area where it’s useful to look to the US as an example: there, they have no concept of copyright owned by the Government; anything created with taxpayer funds, that might otherwise be copyrightable, is in the public domain. After all, why should taxpayers pay twice?

]]> By: Jason Ryan http://it.gen.nz/2009/06/28/government-information-does-it-want-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 Jason Ryan Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:11:09 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=717#comment-4858 Good post, Colin. I think it is encouraging that government agencies are starting to use <a href="http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/trust-security/offshore-ICT/" title="SSC's Offshore ICT Policy" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons</a> licenses for their policy work; surely a step in the right direction? Good post, Colin.
I think it is encouraging that government agencies are starting to use Creative Commons licenses for their policy work; surely a step in the right direction?

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