Simone I strongly agree with you here. I have had recent contact with two financial modeling companies that have "open" in their name and talk in their publicity materials about their dedication to transparency. However, neither company has actually published an open source model or open data set. It seems that they are just using the concept of openness as a branding strategy without actually contributing any content to the public square.
I think people and companies that fly the flag of openness should practice what they preach. Those that don't should be called out. I am glad you did so. Thanks, Marc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simone Aliprandi Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 6:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] about open access but not open access > > It is a matter of intellectual consistency. > > I would welcome open access publications about non-open access > systems, so I don't think there is any inconsistency here. Yes, I understand... but it is not the same thing. Openness is also a philosophy, a style of life; and it has an important ethical component. If you write about openness, saying that openness is "cool", that it is the right way... how can you release your work in a non-open way? You should use the occasion to set an example and to demonstrate that "It - could - work!". This is my humble point of view. Bye, Simone _______________________________________________ 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
