Friends,

See the message below on the Wikimedia Community Ireland submission to the public consultation on open data licenses.

More information about the public consultation is here: http://www.per.gov.ie/minister-howlin-launches-open-data-licences-paper-for-public-consultation-at-public-service-seminar/

Oliver

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From: Oliver Moran
Date: 16 March 2015 at 11:28
Subject: Submission by Wikimedia Community Ireland
To: opendata@per.gov.ie
Cc: Eugene Eichelberger


Sir / Madam,

Please find attached the submission by Wikimedia Community Ireland to the public consultation on open data policy.

Wikimedia Community Ireland (WCI) is the affiliate organisation of the Wikimedia Foundation in Ireland. The Wikimedia Foundation is an American non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Foundation is best known for operating the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, as well as numerous other open-knowledge-based initiatives and is a recognised leader in open knowledge internationally. The Foundation employs 200 people, has revenues of US$52.8 million and cash equivalents of US$27.9 million.

WCI is very pleased at the Government’s decision to invite views on an open data policy for Ireland and the decision to review the Public Sector Information (PSI) license.

For your convenience, the submission is also available online here:


Kind regards,
Oliver Moran