> I find it very hard (impossible) to see how hitching the trading funds, which > have always used their for-profit status as an excuse (albeit a legally > backed one, so they're hands are tied, poor dears) to some new vehicle for > the publishing of government data (at least the 3rd or 4th over the last > decade) which also has a 'sweat the assets' commercial mandate can be a good > thing. > > Or am I missing something? > > Does mysociety as an org have a position on the PDC?
*I* have a view, which is that the trading funds should have their legal status changed as part of the PDC creation process, and that short-term profits for the exchequer should be deleted as their primary reason for existing. I also think that once they've been given a better mission, they should be independently regulated. mySociety can only take positions if the trustees (of whom I'm not one) agree, and if doing so is within charities law. But we should certainly talk about it, yes. 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
