[CivicAccess-discuss] Need your input - city open data resolution

[Russell McOrmond]

Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
> Overall, do you think the language of the Vancouver resolution covers
> all the angles?  Is there anything missing?

  To me it works at the political level.  The devil is always in the
details, but those details are things that staff and not the politicians
tend to deal in.

Remember: There are people who think that DRM locked files and/or patent
encumbered (without RF licensing) file formats can be "open standards".
 That's a level of detail you don't want to try to get into with
municipal politicians -- at least until they try being open generally
and bump into these details.

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