Thanks for the input! On 04/06/2014 07:26 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 6 April 2014 17:45, Paul Hänsch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I cannot tell, how this applies to questions of open data. If there is >> an open data definition, which ensures similar freedoms, then you have >> a path of reasoning here. > > > There's a Free Content definition, > http://freedomdefined.org/Definition by Erik Moeller of Wikimedia, and > endorsed by Wikimedia. I'm not sure it quite covers this. > > >> It may not be easy to convince the government agency to give up this >> clause. I suspect they intend to prevent circumvention of national data >> protection laws. > > > That's a usage restriction, so I suspect it would fail. >
Open Data is normally supposed to follow the Open Definition: http://opendefinition.org/od/ I suppose it would mostly fall foul of #8: Discrimination against "fields of endeavor". The definition does not state as clearly as the Free Software Definition that the data can be used for any purpose.
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