2011. december 22., csütörtök

Közös tudás elérhetőségének intézményes biztosítása a tudományos együttműködésekben




Tom Dedeurwaerdere és Paul F. Uhlir (Amarikai Tudományos Akadémia) írja
a LAPSI projekt mai körlevélében:
'It is my pleasure to announce that the call for papers for the 1st
Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons is now
launched: extended deadline 31st of January 2012 for the abstract
submission (deadline for full paper submission 31st of July 2012). More
information is available on the conference website at:
The keynote speakers for the conference include:
Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland, US
Bronwyn H. Hall, University of California at Berkeley, US
Samir K Brahmachari, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Emile Frison, Bioversity International, Italy
Paul David, Stanford, US and Telecom-ParisTech, France, UNU-Merit, NL
Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
We encourage you to submit a paper and presentation to this event.
You also will find more detailed information in the call for papers below and in the link above.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1ST THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS
Governing Pooled Knowledge Resources:
Building Institutions for Sustainable Scientific, Cultural and Genetic
Resource Commons
12-14th September 2012
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
CALL FOR PAPERS
TOPIC
A variety of initiatives and policies have been proposed that are going
beyond "open access", and aim to facilitate more effective and extensive
(global) sharing on local and global pools of not only scientific
information and data but also genetic resources and cultural
expressions. There is thus a need to examine a number of these
proposals' conceptual foundations from the economic and legal
perspectives and to analyze the roles of the public domain and commons
in facilitating sharing of scientific and technical data, information
and materials.
The 1st Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons aims to bring together leading people from a number of international scientific
research communities, social science researchers, practitioners and
policy analysts, to discuss the rationale and practical feasibility of
institutional arrangements designed to emulate key public domain
conditions for collaborative research.
CONFERENCE TRACKS
. Track 1 on "Scientific Research and Innovation Commons"
. Track 2 on "Digital Information Commons"
. Track 3 on "Historical experience of the knowledge commons"
. Track 4 on "Genetic Resource Commons"
. Track 5 on "Cultural Commons"
. Cross-cutting conference track 6 on climate change
ORGANISATION
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium
International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
Utrecht University, Netherlands
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
. Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
. Paul David, Research Chair in the Digital Economy, Telecom-ParisTech
and l'Ecole Polytechnique, France, and Stanford Institute for Economic
Policy Research, US.
. Jerome Reichman, Duke Law School, US.
. Gurdial Singh Nijar, Director of the Centre of Excellence for
Biodiversity Law, Malaysia
. Carlos M. Correa, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
of Industrial Property Law and Economics at the University of Buenos
Aires (UBA)
. Charlotte Hess, Associate Dean for Research, Collections, and
Scholarly Communication
. Paul Uhlir, Director of the Office of International Scientific
Information Programs, The National Academies, US.
. Michael Halewood, Head of the Policy Research and Support Unit at
Bioversity International (CGIAR), Headquarters in Rome, Italy
. Eric Brousseau, Université Paris Dauphine, Paris
. Francoise Genova, Director Strasbourg astronomical data centre, France
. Geertrui Van Overwalle, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
CODATA (International Council for Science : Committee on Data for
Science and Technology) : GICSI taks group on Global Information Commons
for Science
Faculté Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), Belgium
Ghent University, Belgium
International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
UNU-Merit (Maastricht)
University of Utrecht, Netherlands
_______________________________________________
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2011. december 14., szerda

Dr.Kovács A Tamás LAPSI beszámolót tartott a HUNAGI elnökségi ülésén

Kép: HUNAGI, 2011
A HUNAGI LAPSI projektcsapat helyettes vezetője beszámolóját tartja a HUNAGI mai elnökségi értekezletén.
A képen (balról jobbra): Havass Miklós tiszteletbeli elnök, Sikolya Zsolt Felügyelő Bizottsági elnök, Barkóczi Zsolt a HUNAGI elnöke, Buga László és Prof. Dr. Csemez Attila elnökségi tagok. A beszámolót élénk érdeklődés övezte, számos kérdés hangzott el. HUNAGI főtitkára beszámolt a márciusi budapesti zártkörű LAPSI tematikus szemináriummal kapcsolatos, a  LAPSI projektvezetéssel történt megállapodásról.

2011. december 12., hétfő

140 milliárd eurós közvetlen és közvetett gazdasági haszna lenne az EU-ban a közadatok újrahasznosításának,

Neelie Kroes © European Union, 2011
Mai postánkból. A LAPSI projekt menedzsere Cristiana Sappa hívta fel a figyelmet a Neelie Kroees az Európai Bizottság alelnöke ma reggeli beszédére, amelyben foglalkozik a közadatok újrahasznosítására vonatkozó jogszabály sorsával, valamint a nyílt adatokkal kapcsolatos Európa Bizottsági álláspont-tervezettel :
" ...This morning Neelie Kroes announced in a press conference the future of Directive 2003/98/EC on PSI Re-Use. 
Please find the entire speech here:  http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/player/streaming.cfm?type=ebsvod&sid=192681
Please find complementary material of essence here:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm
among which you find:
- A survey on existing findings on the economic impact of public sector information conducted by the European Commission in 2011 (Vickery study) the overall direct and indirect economic gains are estimated at €140bn throughout the EU. Increase in the re-use of PSI generates new businesses and jobs and provides consumers with more choice and more value for money;
A Communication on Open Data (provisional version); - A proposal for a revision of the Directive (provisional version);
- A proposal for a revision of the Commission's rules on access to the information it holds (provisional version)....

Cristiana Sappa
Project Manager, LAPSI, www.lapsi-project.eu, and EVPSI, www.evpsi.org
Postdoctoral Researcher, Torino Law School
Research Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society, http://nexa.polito.it
"

2011. december 7., szerda

PSI in Hungary - Preparation of governmental legislation in final phase


Mai postánkból. Dr. Csiszér Gábor a HUNAGI LAPSI projektcsapat szakértője (NFM) hívta fel a figyelmet a Kormányportál honlapján  megjelent tervezetre:

Nemzeti Fejlesztési Minisztérium, 2011. december 6.

A közérdekű adatok újrahasznosításáról szóló kormány-előterjesztés tervezete

Iktatószám: NFM/18275/7/2011
Közigazgatási egyeztetésre bocsátás dátuma: 2011. december 5.
Véleményezési határidő: 2011. december 9.

2011. december 1., csütörtök

Berlini szimpózium a "Rádiófrekvenciás azonosítók alkalmazásának személyiségi jogi hatásvizsgálatairól"

Mai postánkból. Roger Longhorn írta a GSDI L&SE munkacsoport tagjainak.
Forrás: EDRi-gram - biweekly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe - Number 9.23, 30 November 2011

New Guidelines to RFID Privacy Impact Assessments

On 25 November 2011 the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Institute for Management Information Systems of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) held an expert symposium on RFID Privacy Impact Assessments in Berlin and presented their BSI Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Guidelines.

HUNAGI LAPSI projektcsapat tevékenysége


LAPSI: közadatok hozzáférhetősége és újrahasznosítása jogszabályi szempontjai tárgyú FP7 projekt, melynek egyik szereplője a HUNAGI.  A mai napon a  HUNAGI LAPSI projektcsapat vezetője és helyettese, dr. Kovács A. Tamás ügyvéd munkamegbeszélésen tekintették át a projektmunka legutóbbi eredményeit és egyeztették annak soron következő állomásait:

2011. november 30., szerda

LAPSI díjra lehet nevezni a legjobb PSI portállal

Mai postánkból. Cristiana Sappa projektvezető írja: "The winner of the 3rd LAPSI Award on the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal in the EU will be announced during the second day of the LAPSI Public Conference, scheduled for January 23rd and 24th 2012 (see on-line registration at: http://lapsi-conf02.eventbrite.com/) Since PSI availability is crucial for fostering re-use initiatives, the very purpose of the Award is to support any initiative which can be beneficial to PSI re-use policies for moving forward. The Award is open to public sector bodies, businesses and citizens who designed or manage a PSI portal in the EU. A panel of experts will evaluate the submitted projects with regard to the user-friendly design of the portal; the originality and the layout appeal of the portal; the efficacy of the portal in facilitating the access of the PSI; the efficacy of the portal in fostering the awareness on legal aspects of PSI (such as competition, data protection and privacy, intellectual property rights). The Award has received the support of the Italian Infocamere (http://www.infocamere.it/) and as a result, the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal will be rewarded with a prize of 1,000 Euros. Application must be submitted in English by 23rd of December 2011 (16:00 hrs CET). The Call for applications is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/call2 The Submission form is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/form2 LAPSI is the European Thematic Network studying Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information Re-use. It intends to build a network apt to become the main European point of reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action on all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI, namely in the digital environment. The LAPSI Thematic Network is aimed to produced policy recommendations in view of the impact assessment exercise linked to the revision of the Directive 2003/98/EC scheduled for 2012. More info at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/ I remain available for any further details. Kind Regards, Cristiana Sappa Project Manager, LAPSI, www.lapsi-project.eu, and EVPSI, www.evpsi.org Postdoctoral Researcher, Torino Law School Research Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society, http://nexa.polito.it" ______________________________________________ Lapsi mailing list Lapsi@server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lapsi

2011. november 25., péntek

Eredményes licenc modellek: Ausztrália

Prof.A.Fitzgerald (jobboldalt) GSDI szakértők társaságában. 
Fotó: HUNAGI, 2010
A GEO VIII plenáris ülésen az adatpolitikáról elhangzott előadás HUNAGI referálására válaszként Dr. Anne Fitzerald a Queenslandi Állami Egyetem Jogi Karának profeszora beszámolt az elmúlt 12 hónap ausztráliai eredményeiről is. Leveléből idézek:
"There has been quite significant progress in Australia over the last 12 months or so, with several reports on economic issues as well as very significant uptake of standardised, open licensing practices (with Creative Commons licences now being very extensively applied through the public sector - government, research and education).
For those who might be interested in our recent presentations and consultations (in Australia and overseas) I upload our materials to our websites www.aupsi.org and creativecommons.org.au
 In particular, the presentations and videos of presenters at our Open Government Data conference held at QUT on 23 September 2011 are available here: http://creativecommons.org.au/OGDbrisbane"
Fitzgerald asszony egyben a LAPSI projekt munkájának is aktív részese és remélhetően a varsói LAPSI műhelyt követően a januári brüsszeli, majd márciusi budapesti tematikus szemináriumon is módja lesz részt venni.

2011. november 24., csütörtök

LAPSI 2. konferencia, LAPSI-díj, LAPSI portál


Mai postánkból. Cristiana Sapp projekt menedzser írja:
I. Public Conference: January 23rd and 24th. 
The LAPSI 2nd Public Conference on-line registration is available at: http://lapsi-conf02.eventbrite.com/. Feel free to register at your convenience.

The draft version of the meeting program is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/bruxellesprog 
We are trying to finalize the program in the shortest delay. Of course, I will keep you posted on this matter.
I have already asked to some of the partners to cover the expenses of one or two external speakers. I have already received some positive feedback and I thank the partners that help the overall organization by contributing in such a way. However, some external speakers remain unsponsored. Therefore I would ask you if there is any volunteer to cover the travel, accomodation and meals expenses of one (or two) invited speakers. In case, feel free to tell me at your earliest convenience. 
II. Public Conference and Award: Advertising
The LAPSI Coordinator is advertising the LAPSI public conference and the LAPSI award via several sound boxes, such as the local newspaper La Stampa, the Torino Law School press office, several mailing lists (Nexa, OKF, SharePSI, OpenGov, Internet Governance, WIPO LLM, Euopendata). 
Some days ago I sent you a personal e-mail with a short post on the public conference and the award that may be disseminated for advertising purposes. Many of you have already indicated how they are disseminating this post. I really thank you for the collaboration so far. However, please let me encourage you to keep disseminating this post (and inform me on any further dissemination initiative). This is of essence not only for the success of public conference, but particularly for the LAPSI award (so far we have a very limited number of applications and we do count on your initiative for receiving as many aapplications as possible). 
III. Website.
As you know, my colleague Claudio is constantly taking care of the content of the LAPSI website. He recently improved the page "Members" where he introduced the logo of each and every LAPSI partner. Please have a look at it: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/members. Should you send him a thumbnail pictureof the involved resourses as well, this would help him a lot in improving the overall layout of our website. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 
Illustration: Screenshot with Geographical distributon of LAPSI members Created by DiLorenz, 2011

2011. november 23., szerda

EU Digitális Menetrend helyi szinten - LAPSI beszámoló olasz nemzeti és helyi kormányzatok palermói találkozójáról



Mai postánkból. Raimondo Lemma írja a LAPSI projektlevelezésben:
"A quick update on the Palermo session of "Digital Agenda Going Local" - jointly organized by the European Commission and Italian national and local authorities - which I attended yesterday on behalf of Nexa and the Lapsi Network. The workshop was aimed at assessing the current achievements and the remaining challenges with respect to the Digital Agenda key objectives, especially at local level.

I participated into a panel focused on the Open Data (PSI) implementation processes, together with representatives from Italian bodies and the EC as well.  
We were informed that further insights on the foreseen modifications of the PSI Directiveshould be released rather soon. Moreover, the EU open data portal is to be released by Spring 2012. It is also planned to use such portal as a platform that federates the National portals (by 2013). Moreover, the forthcoming Horizon 2020 programme will cover specific themes regarding Open Data. 
I had the chance to present LAPSI as a European network of researchers and institutions providing policy support on the key legal aspects of PSI. Furthermore, I highlighted the role of the regional dimension of PSI (using Piedmont and Italy as examples) with two complementary trends: regulatory competition (valorisation of the distinctive advantages of regions) and cooperation based on best practices, also exploiting network effects (each time a new region opens up data the value of the datasets already provided by first movers is increased).

2011. november 22., kedd

LAPSI 2. Nyílvános Konferencia és PSI portálverseny eredményhírdetés


The LAPSI Thematic Network is currently organizing its 2nd Public Conference that will take place in Bruxelles, on 23rd and 24th January 2012.
The two-day meeting will give the opportunity to publicly present the state of the art of the LAPSI policy recommendations on Public Sector Information (PSI) re-use. The featured policies focus on some of the major legal topics involved with the re-use of PSI; in particular, intellectual property rights issues, privacy, data protection and personal data treatment, competition law aspects.
The LAPSI members will discuss their policies together with external discussants and experts in the field of PSI, as well as with stakeholders and citizens who want to broaden their knowledge around the topics of PSI and Open Data.
The LAPSI 2nd Public Conference on-line registration is available at: http://lapsi-conf02.eventbrite.com/
The 2nd Public Conference will be held at the University Foundation, Bruxelles – Salle Félicien Cattier, rue d'egmont 11, 1000 Bruxelles.
The draft version of the meeting program is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/bruxellesprog 


In addition to the scheduled activites, the winner of the 3rd LAPSI Award on the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal in the EU will be announced during the second day of the Public Conference.
Since PSI availability is crucial for fostering re-use initiatives, the very purpose of the Award is to support any initiative which can be beneficial to PSI re-use policies for moving forward.
The Award is open to public sector bodies, businesses and citizens who designed or manage a PSI portal in the EU.
A panel of experts will evaluate the submitted projects with regard to the user-friendly design of the portal; the originality and the layout appeal of the portal; the efficacy of the portal in facilitating the access of the PSI; the efficacy of the portal in fostering the awareness on legal aspects of PSI (such as competition, data protection and privacy, intellectual property rights).
The Award has received the support of Infocamere (http://www.infocamere.it/) and as a result, the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal will be rewarded with a prize of 1,000 Euros.
Application must be submitted in English by 23rd of December 2011 (16:00 hrs CET).
The Call for applications is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/call2
The Submission form is available at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/form2

LAPSI is the European Thematic Network studying Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information Re-use. Itintends to build a network apt to become the main European point of reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action on all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI, namely in the digital environment.

The LAPSI Thematic Network is aimed to produced policy recommendations in view of the impact assessment exercise linked to the revision of the Directive 2003/98/EC scheduled for 2012.

2011. november 2., szerda

Térbeli adatok, térinformációk elérhetősége - helyzetismertetés


HUNAGI tagjai és partnerei részéről igény merült fel a térbeli adatok és tematikus térinformációk elérhetőségével kapcsolatban.
A hamarosan megnyíló HUNAGI honlap tartalomkezelő rendszere lehetőséget biztosít arra, hogy minden regisztrált HUNAGI tag, HUNAGI partner INSPIRE adatkörökhöz tartozóan megadhassa a szolgáltatott térbeli adat vagy tematikus térinformáció megnevezését, a szolgáltatás webes elérhetősége URL címét, a kapcsolattartó nevét, intézménye/szervezete megnevezését.
Mindez természetesen nem  helyettesítheti vagy pótolja a geoportálok szerepét, célja csupán az érdeklődők eligazítása az adatgazdák és/vagy szolgáltatók irányában, összhangban a HUNAGI SDIC szerepével.
Barkóczi Zsolt HUNAGI elnök megkeresésére Dr. Mihály Szabolcs INSPIRE tagállami kapcsolattartó  helyzetismertetést adott a kérdéssel kapcsolatban. Ez a HUNAGI SDIC blog legutóbbi bejegyzésében található.

2011. október 25., kedd

Fejezze ki egyetértését, észrevételeit vagy ellenvéleményét a Gyöngyösi Állásfoglalással kapcsolatban!

Kákonyi Gáborral, Dr. Takács András Attillával történt egyeztetést követően a HUNAGI Naplóban is közzétesszük az idei gyöngyösi Fény-Tér-Kép Konferencia résztvevőinek Állásfoglalását abból a célból, hogy ahhoz  HUNAGI tagjai, partnerei és a HUNAGI Napló olvasói csatlakozhassanak, azzal kapcsolatban véleményt formálhassanak, netalán ellenvéleményüket fejezzék ki.
Az FTK Konferencia Állásfoglalása itt olvasható: http://www.hunagi.hu/G/doc/GyöngyösiÁllásfoglalás.pdf
Csatlakozás az Állásfoglaláshoz vagy hozzájárulás különvélemény, megjegyzés megadásával itt lehetséges:
A közérdekű adatok széleskörű hozzáférhetőségének szorgalmazása  egybevág a HUNAGI jó másfél  évtizede vállalt küldetésével. A PSI irányelv megvalósításával összhangban HUNAGI résztvevője volt az ePSIplus programnak és konzorciumi tagja az EU 7FP LAPSI projektjének. A 3. HUNAGI Konferencia terv szerint a LAPSI projekt Adatpolitika - liszencmodellek műhelynek és a mobil térinformatikai alkalmazásoknak szentelve kerül megrendezésre 2012 március 22-23-án. 
Megjegyzés: Alapértelmezésben a hozzáférhetőség még nem azonos az ingyenességgel!
Az október 23-i tárgybeli körlevélben foglaltakat pontosítva, HUNAGI vállalása ebben a kontextusban arra irányul, hogy a már korábban megkezdett kormányzati kommunikáció során felhasználjuk a felmérés eredményét, különös tekintettel a felelősség rendezésére és az érintettek együttműködési fórumának megteremtése érdekében.

2011. szeptember 28., szerda

Hack4Transparency

Mai postánkból. Cristiana Sappa LAPSI projekt menedzser jóvoltából kaptuk meg Daniel Dietrich (The Open Knowledge Foundation www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org) alábbi levelét: “Dear #H4T Supporters Could we please ask you to distribute this e-mail message below to your mailing list(s)? Help us to get applicants from as many Member States as possible, we would like to have a nice representation from all over Europe! Many thanks in advance! Best, Herman We would like to draw your attention to a hackathon being organised in Brussels on 8-9 November 2011 within the premises of the European Parliament – focused on transparency. All the info is available at http://www.euhackathon.eu The EUhackathon revolves around two tracks, of which each winner or winning team will be awarded a 3.000,00 euro prize. Deadline for application is 10 October 2011. Apply here: http://www.euhackathon.eu/call4apps/form/ Selected applicants will be invited to come to Brussels for 2 days, their travel and accommodation costs being taken care of by the EUhackathon organisers, courtesy of its sponsors. Oh, and there’s free food! 1. Internet Quality Track This track is about understanding the quality of service delivered by mobile operators to users in Europe. The expectation is that the participants develop innovative and user-friendly multi-platform interfaces to an existing network measurement tool allowing users to know the quality of connection they are getting. The code at the basis of this tool should be the NDT and Glasnost open-source codes available at M-Lab. A special page has been put up by M-Lab for the hackathon here: http://measurementlab.net/euhackathon Global Transparency Track This track focuses on the accessibility of information on the Internet. The purpose is to use the data made available by the Google Transparency Report or other sources like Twitter and research undertaken by groups like, for example, the OpenNet Initiative and Herdict to create new visualisations showing the consequences of censorship and barriers to the free flow of information online, and ensuring users and policy makers get a fuller picture how the Internet is shaped by laws and other government actions. Hope that some of you will be inspired and apply to come and Hack4Transparency!”

2011. augusztus 3., szerda

LAPSI feladatok magyar vonatkozásai





LAPSI munkaterv szerinti szakmai műhelyek és konferenciák:

Thematic seminar 5 (Selected Implementation and Deployment Issues)
Internal conference 2
Itt az előzetes program szerint Magyarországi beszámolóra számítanak 
(Session I: How Important is the Legal Standardization?
Local Practical Experiences: OPSI, CSI Piemonte and HUNAGI 
Are the Main Attempts of Standardization Complying with the PSI Legal Framework? 
Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach for Legal Standards?)

23rd and 24th January 2012 (University Foundation, Bruxelles)
Public Conference 2
Award 2
A program még nem ismert, de az várhatóan hasonló lesz a már lezajlott milanói 1. LAPSI konferenciához.

22nd and 23rd March 2012 (Budapest)
Thematic seminar 6 (Licensing of PSI: PSI-holders’ Perspectives, Re-users’ Perspectives and Redress Mechanisms)
Internal conference 3
Ennek megszervezése és lebonyolítása vállalt feladat. Lehetőség van a hazai szereplők mozgósítására és neves nemzetközi szakértők felkérésére. Magyar hozzájárulást várnak.

9th and 10th July 2012 (Turin, meeting jointly organized with EVPSI final meeting)
Internal conference 4 Final meeting
Magyar részvételt várnak.


2011. július 27., szerda

Nyíltforrású szoftverek: Intergraph és Rolta szakértők elemző cikke a jogi kockázatokról és lehetőségekről

OSGeo és GSDI, authentikus hírcsatornák a kérdéskörben.
Mai postánkból: Roger Longhon, a GSDI L&SE szakbizottság vitafóruma moderátora továbbította a következő levelet, amely egy a nyíltforrású szoftverekkel kapcsolatos, az Intergraph-Rolta szakértőinek kétrészes szakcikkét ajánlja az érdeklődők figyelmébe:
FYI  RAL
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        [Aust-NZ] RE: Open Source Licensing
Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:47:37 +1000
From:   Ross Johnson <
rossgo@hotmail.com>
To:     <
aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org>
an interesting perspective from the US:
*Open Source Licensing: Risk and Opportunity*
This two-part article about open source software looks at software licenses, risks related to intellectual property and governance. In part one, author Ignacio Guerrero, IT consultant and former software director at Intergraph and Rolta, examines software licenses and their impact and risk to intellectual property. Part two will look at the elements of open source governance and risk management, and will be published in mid August.
http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/open-source-licensing-risk-and-opportunity-part-one/190454

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HUNAGI ajánlja érdeklődő tagjainak a vitafórumba való bekapcsolódást. 2012 márciusában a LAPSI projekt keretében Budapesten liszenc témakörben műhelyt szervezünk. Részvételi érdeklődést már mostantól szívesen fogadunk mindazoktól, akik előadással vagy a vitákban való részvételle hozzá tud járulni a rendzevény sikeréhez.

About the LAPSI project

LAPSI is a project in the FP7 program of the European Union.
Legal Aspects of the Public Sector Information and Re-use.
Timespan: 30 months. Participants: 20 institutions and organistions. Coordinator: University of Torino.
Kick-off Meeting: Torino, 26-28 March, 2010

Role of HUNAGI in the LAPSI Project

HUNAGI contribution is related mainly to the Geographic Information which are produced, maintained and used in land management, including surveying, mapping, cadastre and land registration, remote sensing and serviced by relevant spatial data infrastructures. From a national economic point of view, the uniform land registration system operating in Hungary is one of the most important databases of the country. This system allows to obtain over the time updated legal and geometric data, as well as other information (e.g. on ownership, land uses, mortgages, etc.). The cadastral maps integrated into the uniform land registration system show spatial relations and references of rights, facts and other information appearing on the property sheets, serving as a basis of engineering planning for the national economy. The national spatial data infrastructure can be built on this uniform, authorized and public land registration system, in small partial modules, following the EU INSPIRE Directive. HUNAGI will participate to all Working Groups and actively take part to Working Groups 01, 03 and 04. It also makes its facilities available to host one of the thematic network seminars or conferences.

About the HUNAGI Team of the LAPSI Project

Team members:
Piroska Zalaba (FvM FTF www.fvm.hu), dr. Szabolcs Mihály (FÖMI www.fomi.hu), dr.József Mlinarics (MATISZ www.matisz.hu), Ferenc Hargitai (MATISZ www.matisz.hu), István Sponga (Neumann-Ház Nonprofit Kft www.neumann-haz.hu), Dr. Tamás A. Kovács (Dr. Kovács A. Tamás Ügyvédi Iroda www.kovacsatamasiroda.hu), Dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, Team leader (HUNAGI www.hunagi.hu)

Observers/supporters:
Barkóczi Zsolt (HUNAGI www.hunagi.hu), Tóth Sándor (FVM FTF www.fvm.hu)
Klóser Anikó (Meh EKK www.ekk.meh.gov.hu), dr. Marosán Andrea (MeH EKK), dr. Csiszér Gábor (MeH EKK)
Temporal replacements: Éva Harbula for Dr. Szabolcs Mihály (FÖMI)

About the Team Leader

Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp is Secretary General of Hungarian Association of Geo- information/HUNAGI. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (Budapest) and a second diploma in automation in geodesy. Among his numerous experiences he has been part of the EU Acquis-related institutional development project (1998-2006), of the EC INSPIRE Experts Team (2001-2006), and of the Drafting Team, National SDI Strategy (2004-2006). He also took part to ePSIplus activities.