>> 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. > > What sort of things are you thinking of?
I take it you're asking what sort of structural changes, rather than "what sort of data was released" - I expect you already know the latter! What I mean by structural change in this context is as follows: * Giving the different data producing organisations different goals and missions * Giving them different incentives * Giving them different oversight and regulation This might all seem a bit tedious, but it is critically, utterly important. Fundamentally public bodies will do what they're set up to do. If they're set up to make money, they'll do that at the expense of everything else. If they're set up to find cures to diseases, they'll do that and not pay any attention to other things. Not one single public data producing entity at the moment has the goal of "ensuring that brilliant things flourish on the internet", so they often behave as if it doesn't even exist. 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/archive%40mail-archive.com
