Vancouver mulls making itself an 'open city'
May 22, 2009, 00:02 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Emily Chung)
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"The motion calls for the city to endorse the
principles of:
* Making data open and accessible by sharing as much of it as
possible while respecting privacy and security concerns.
* Adopting open standards for data, documents, maps and other
media.
* Placing open source software on equal footing with "commercial
systems."
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