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The [http://www.dataliberators.com/ Data Liberation group] provides some good reasons this is important — ''Do you want fair pricing, transparent testing, faster performance, deeper analytics and straight answers?'' Simply, in my mind, public data and even rights to code you access (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License AGPL]) should be a competitive factor, and in the public service or for anything of massive utility (like Facebook), something we expect. | The [http://www.dataliberators.com/ Data Liberation group] provides some good reasons this is important — ''Do you want fair pricing, transparent testing, faster performance, deeper analytics and straight answers?'' We can add, do you want to be able to take away information you contributed or paid for? Simply, in my mind, public data and even rights to code you access (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License AGPL]) should be a competitive factor, and in the public service or for anything of massive utility (like Facebook), something we expect. | ||
The only problem is the Government's DLI is way too narrow. Right now it's aimed at post secondary institutions. There shouldn't be access categories, the same information should be available to 14 year olds and retired persons that's available to academics or public workers. As well, it's hardly a liberation effort when individuals have to pay to access the information ([http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=56M0003XCB&lang=eng $2350 to learn about Canadian internet use in 2007]). I don't think we can really say participation and issues such as anti corruption are being seriously addressed until these kinds of issues are resolved, nor can any statements about what "our children" are inheriting be taken seriously. | The only problem is the Government's DLI is way too narrow. Right now it's aimed at post secondary institutions. There shouldn't be access categories, the same information should be available to 14 year olds and retired persons that's available to academics or public workers. As well, it's hardly a liberation effort when individuals have to pay to access the information ([http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=56M0003XCB&lang=eng $2350 to learn about Canadian internet use in 2007]). I don't think we can really say participation and issues such as anti corruption are being seriously addressed until these kinds of issues are resolved, nor can any statements about what "our children" are inheriting be taken seriously. | ||