Science has a news item http://www.sciencemag.org/content/334/6061/1337.summary reporting that NOAA, a major source of open data, has been asked to consider charging for data. I do not know what licences they use now, but this may be an opportunity to open a dialogue with them about the benefits of open data and licences. NOAA would no doubt wish for evidence of the harmful effects of restricting data, and the additional costs arising from managing it all as a private resource. David
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