[GSDI Legal Econ] Britain finally signs up to making government data free for re-use

[Kate Lance]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/freeourdata.politics?gusrc=rss&feed=technology
Britain finally signs up to making government data free for re-use
Michael Cross, The Guardian, Thursday June 26, 2008: "It's official. Britain last week put its name to an international commitment to make data produced by government bodies available for free use in the internet economy. This is the first formal statement that the government has come on board the Free Our Data campaign launched by Guardian Technology (and widely derided as impractical) more than two years ago.
The commitment to make public sector information free, or charge no more than the marginal cost of maintaining and distributing the extra copy, appears in the Seoul declaration for the future of the internet economy, signed in the South Korean capital last week. The UK was one of nearly 40 countries to endorse the declaration, drawn up by the OECD club of developed nations.
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Although not binding on public bodies in the UK - several of which are required by law to make profits on their data - the declaration shows how quickly the political wind is changing."
Join the debate at the Free Our Data blog, http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/


      
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