Good news: First: Change.gov has changed a strict copyright policy for among the liberalist of Creative Commons licenses.
"In an effort to create a vibrant and open public conversation about the
Obama-Biden Transition Project, all website content now falls under the
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License:.." Source change.gov
Second: A petition started to support "open government" and offers three “open transition principles”:
- No Legal Barrier to Sharing
- No Technological Barrier to Sharing
- Free Competition
It is signed for example by Lawrence Lessig, Tim O'Reilly, Clay Shirky...In a video Lawrence Lessig explains the aims of the petition.
Compared to the outcome of the IT-summit of the German government this is miles ahead.
Hopefully "Open government" is the new "eGovernment"!
Notice for my german readers: netzpolitik hat das natürlich längst gebloggt. Im commons blog weitere interessante details.
