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Unlock Government data! SilverStripe sponsors the Open Government Data Barcamp
At the end of August New Zealand's first Open Government Data Barcamp will take place at the National Library in Wellington. The barcamp is an open, participant driven event organised and run by people who have an interest in making government-held data freely available.
As an open source company and one of the sponsors of the event, SilverStripe strongly stands behind the open data philosophy. We believe that collaboration fosters innovation and that taxpayer-funded data should be available without restrictions over the Internet. While data itself can do a lot of things, it needs to be put into context to be useful for others; having data freely available allows people to create value and develop innovative services and applications.
Government agencies, as part of their work, collect a substantial amount of non-personal data - from geospatial and environmental data to statistics. In most cases public money is spent to research and obtain this data, so it should be accessible for everyone to use.
SilverStripe works with a range of government agencies helping them to make their data available for citizens in a meaningful way, enabling them to collaborate constructively and make use of the data on a personal, regional, and national level.
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Internet Blackout
UPDATE: 12 March: One of the main companies that was needed to make this piece of legislation happen has said they won't support it! A TelstraClear representative said, "...we have had unprecedented customer concern and we can't try to make a bad law work." More at the original article.
New Zealand's Internet Blackout is coming.
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Creative Freedom Foundation
Yesterday, the Creative Freedom Foundation launched. What is it? It's a group of Kiwis raising awareness around some terrible legislation that's set to go into law in about two months' time.
The CFF is focusing on the "Guilt by accusation" amendments to New Zealand copyright law. From their press release:
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New Zealand Open Source Awards
Over twenty finalists have now been announced for this year's New Zealand Open Source awards.
The range of organisations and people recognised and the achievements themselves are an amazing demonstration of New Zealand's adoption of open source.
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NZ Summer of Code
New Zealanders who missed out on the Google Summer of Code can, starting Friday, apply to be a part of the second New Zealand one, run during our summer! Last year SilverStripe choose two students, Andrew, and Jeremy, who continue to be paid to work on our open source project.
Come to the Victoria University IT Careers Expo and look for the Creative HQ Summer of Code stall. Friday noon to 2pm. Table 22, Level 2, Cotton Building, Kelburn Campus. Information will be posted soon to summerofcode.co.nz
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How do humans win?
Webstock is here! We've been in heads-down mode for a while, working on sites for councils, Air New Zealand, and American clients too. So now is the time to celebrate the local scene and be proud of Webstock!
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