[bobwaycott]

> Making public data open by default can arguable be an imporant step towards fostering societal equity.

Out of curiosity, what’s the argument here for how public data being open by default is an important step toward fostering societal equity?

[alpyne]

Here's a paper by the Sunlight Foundation that goes into this a bit:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/263776138/The-Social-Impact-of-Op...

[p_b_r]

I disagree - that's not a link to a paper by the Sunlight Foundation.

It's a link to a site that wants you to agree to try a monthly subscription before you can download anything at all.

Especially in the context of a discussion about public data, that's an important distinction.

If you can, please provide an URL to the actual content?

[spondyl]

The article linked above, hosted on Scribd, is actually one of the official distributions provided by the Sunlight Foundation. The Scribd user who uploaded it was one of the paper's authors.

Having said that, here's a link to the version hosted on the Sunlight Foundation's domain: http://assets.sunlightfoundation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/policy...

You can also verify what I said about the Scribd version by checking out the original press release/announcement here: https://sunlightfoundation.com/2015/05/05/a-new-approach-to-...

[bobwaycott]

Thanks!