Hi Gregory, Leigh has expanded a bit on twitter: https://twitter.com/ldodds/status/1066233917722845184
I think their argument is that some big tech companies are already sharing back (e.g. into OSM) and this should be seen as the standard approach. This becomes particularly true when big tech has used crowd sourcing to build their data for free. It is also an aspiration to avoid duplication of work so that we get to the stage where we unlock the benefits of geospatial data sooner (they're thinking autonomous vehicles, etc). Problem is that there is potential to commercialise data here. So first steps could be releasing data where the commercial value is low yet there is still a public benefit. I think ODI are true to their strategy: advocate greater availability of open data for public good by asking big tech not to hoard data that can be released - starting with data of low commercial value but high public value. Data on wheelchair accessibility is given as an example. Best regards, *Rob*
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