On 14 Jan , at 12:53:18, Tom Steinberg wrote: >> I can think of three possible routes this could take, which, from a user's >> perspective, are good, neutral and bad respectively. > > I think Mark is close to the truth here. > > The PDC means genuine change for the big trading funds that have the > most valuable data, and which haven't seen any structural change > despite the big Gordon Brown-era releases of postcodes, maps etc under > Tim Berners-Lee et al. > > > However, if you believe me when I say things are finely balanced, that > either side could win, and enough well-organised external pressure > could really make a difference over the next year, then you won't just > bitch, you'll get stuck in. > > I give up some of my time almost every week to fight this fight, and > so do people like Michael Cross and Charles Arthur. But getting the > PDC to be the thing hackers need it to be will take more than that - > it'll take real grassroots pressure, and a pinch of luck. >
I find it very hard (impossible) to see how hitching the trading funds, which have always used their for-profit status as an excuse (albeit a legally backed one, so they're hands are tied, poor dears) to some new vehicle for the publishing of government data (at least the 3rd or 4th over the last decade) which also has a 'sweat the assets' commercial mandate can be a good thing. Or am I missing something? Does mysociety as an org have a position on the PDC? Stef > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/stefan%40whitelabel.org -- /* Stefan Magdalinski +27 82 0431230 (SA) * +254 710 103500 (KE) PLS UPDATE* smagdali (IM/twitter/flickr/dopplr/skype/etc) */ _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
