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If you like the idea of making something people will use, but are scared of working for the government, consider making a tool that the government has to take o

If you like the idea of making something people will use, but are scared of working for the government, consider making a tool that the government has to take over. Here's the wonderful history of Carl Malamud doing this with the SEC EDGAR database and his current work on PACER: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/carl-malamud-ta.html http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/carl-malamud-ta.ht...

byrneseyeview 18y ago
From the article: You have already received rich rewards for the initial publication of these documents, and releasing this data back into the public domain would significantly grow your market and thus be an investment in your future. This seems really unlikely. It looks to me like Westlaw makes money by restricting access to information; I don't think they'd make more money if they had open access, though it would of course be very nice of them.