I've also blogged about why the governance is in itself a problem[1] and also why on the economics of open data[2], which goes to the heart of the PDC case, and the way the govt/shareholder exec is positioning it.
Is the problem that you've seen lots of arguments, or that you haven't seen an elevator-pitch type one that sums it up in a single sentence? Chris [1] http://countculture.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/the-public-data-corporation-vs-good-governance/ [2] http://countculture.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/the-economics-of-open-data-the-big-society/ On 24 October 2011 18:07, Francis Davey <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/10/24 John Handelaar <[email protected]>: > > > > All these months and I still haven't seen so much as *one* > > black-and-white explanation from anyone telling me why the PDC is a > > bad idea. Only that it JUST IS, OK? > > > > There's nothing to answer this question on the one page ORG has about > > it (an Eventbrite invitation for a meeting). Under 'Take Action' > > there's nothing about it whatsoever. Nobody in this list who writes > > any of the many relevant blogs I follow, when they've mentioned the > > consultation, has spelled it out. > > > > This is how you *lose* a campaign. > > > > Whatever the campaign is. > > > > I still don't know. Sorry. > > > > Sorry. Not my campaign and I don't really know how to campaign anyway. > > I think Ernest Marples makes it fairly clear: > > http://pdcconsult.ernestmarples.com/ > > In short: the consultation looks very strongly geared to a model of > the PDC where all the data we want remains behind paywalls, but that > some chewed up offering is made available via the PDC. Think: > Companies House webcheck. I am told there are strong indications that > this is what those internal to the proposed PDC want: essentially to > commercialise raw data and not make it available generally. > > On a mySociety list I shouldn't have to explain why raw data behind a > paywall is a bad thing. > > -- > Francis Davey > > _______________________________________________ > 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/countculture%40googlemail.com > -- ------------------------------------------------------- OpenCorporates :: The Open Database of the Corporate World http://opencorporates.com OpenlyLocal :: Making Local Government More Transparent http://openlylocal.com Blog: http://countculture.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/CountCulture
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