Thanks Laura and Joris! I'm not sure what "move tasks to a Google Group" means though. Are OKFN lists moving to Google?
Mike On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Joris Pekel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > This is really great. As Laura mentioned, the Open Definition is so > important in our daily work. > At the OKFN, I am the volunteer coordinator and I would very much like to > help you to get this done. Right now we are a bit in a transition phase and > I will move the tasks to a Google Group. I will then populate it with the > tasks you describe above. If you have more, do let me know. > > All the best, > > Joris > > > 2012/12/17 Mike Linksvayer <[email protected]> >> >> Text below my name copied from >> >> http://opendefinition.org/2012/12/17/open-definition-forges-ahead-get-involved/ >> >> 2013 will be an important year for Open. If you'd like to get involved >> at the meta level, there are a bunch of ways to do so via Open >> Definition work. >> >> I encourage sending this call to ought-to-be-interested people. I've >> copied okfn-discuss and open-government here for generality and >> because many of the licenses we're discussing now and are from >> governments. >> >> Look forward to a 2012 in review post. >> >> Mike >> >> >> http://opendefinition.org (OD) is one of the first projects that the >> the Open Knowledge Foundation created. Its purpose has been to >> provide, promote -- and protect -- a meaningful Open in Open Data and >> Open Content. >> >> It does this primarily through curating the Open Knowledge Definition >> (OKD) -- http://opendefinition.org/okd working with license stewards >> to ensure new licenses intending to be open are clearly so, and >> keeping lists of licenses that conform to the OKD, and those that do >> not -- providing any entity intending to create an open project, or >> mandate "open" in policy, with a clear reference as to which licenses >> will achieve their aims. >> >> With the growth in "open" and especially of open data initiatives in >> the last few years there has been an increasing amount for the project >> to do especially in terms of reviewing and evaluating licenses. For >> 2013 we see several important areas of work: >> >> * OKD v1.2 -- >> https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/blob/master/source/open-knowledge-definition.markdown >> -- we've seen license conditions cropping up that are certainly >> contrary to the spirit of the definition and implicitly >> non-conformant. It ought be possible for anyone with some >> understanding of public licenses to do a quick read of the definition >> and understand its meaning for a particular license without having to >> know all of the history of open definitions and licenses. >> >> * Review important new licenses and license versions for OKD >> compliance, e.g. Open Government License Canada, and version 4.0 of >> CC-BY and CC-BY-SA. >> >> * Moving linguistic translations into a git repository for better >> review and updating. >> >> * Improve explanations and graphics available on the OD site for >> anyone who wants to learn about open knowledge and services, and >> proudly announce to the world that their projects are open. >> >> * Extend our work on license APIs that provide information about open >> licenses at http://licenses.opendefinition.org and integrate with the >> main OD site; also look to cooperate with other projects eg >> https://spdx.org/licenses/ and https://licensedb.org/ providing Linked >> Open Data about licenses. >> >> * Provide regular updates about OD work to the broader OKFN network, >> open communities, and general public. >> >> * Develop a version git-based repository of license texts so they can >> be tracked over time >> >> * Growing out of discussions from >> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2006-October/000177.html >> and http://blog.okfn.org/2007/07/18/we-need-an-open-service-definition/ >> the OD project developed the Open Software Service Definition (OSSD) >> -- http://opendefinition.org/software-service/ -- recognizing the >> complementarity of open content and data (knowledge) and open source >> web platforms and other network services that open knowledge is >> created, curated, and distributed on. The OSSD hasn't been touched in >> a long time, but software services (some of them called "the cloud") >> have become more important than ever, including in domains nearest to >> the OKFN community's most active work, such as platforms used by and >> for open government. Shall we update the OSSD and revitalize >> evangelism for open services, or declare not a core competency, and >> look to other groups to take leadership? >> >> If you're a legal or policy expert, software freedom advocate, linked >> data hacker, translator, designer, communications maven -- and want to >> go "meta" about openness, we could use your help! Join the od-discuss >> mailing list -- http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/od-discuss -- >> and pitch into the discussion, start a new one, or lurk until you're >> ready. >> >> Final decisions about license conformance and definition updates are >> made by the http://opendefinition.org/advisory-council/ ... this is >> not a big time commitment, but it is a big responsibility. If you'd >> like to join the AC someday, join od-discuss today. >> >> We're especially keen to have AC members from every continent. >> Currently we only have Europe and North America, and recognize that's >> a big problem for the long-term impact of the Open Definition project. >> Especially if you're from the global South and care about the >> fundamentals of openness, please join od-discuss and >> http://opendefinition.org/contact/ ! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > > > > -- > Joris Pekel > Community Coordinator > Open Knowledge Foundation > http://okfn.org > http://twitter.com/jpekel > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss
