On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Harrison, Stuart <[email protected]> wrote: > I set up the petition, and the reason I went with the 'for non profits' > approach is that it's a more realistic aim for the short term - RM are much > more likely to go for giving away a revenue stream that doesn't exist than > giving away a very profitable one. I agree that we should be looking at > freeing the postcode for all sectors long term, but this is more looking at > the short term problem (i.e. lots of useful sites being taken down)
I'd prefer to stick with the simpler message, that the data should be public and free for all to use. And if it helps anyone make money, so much the better. Once it's half-free and the nonprofits are happy, it'll be much harder to keep the pressure on for it to be completely opened up. http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/17721 might be of interest, re defining non profit: """Creative Commons announces the publication of Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population Understands “Noncommercial Use.” The report details the results of a research study launched in September 2008 to explore differences between commercial and noncommercial uses of content found online, as those uses are understood by various communities and in connection with a wide variety of content.""" cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
