Geodata access policy: the English approach
A social and economical explanation of the consequences of the lack of free access to geodata in UK, it’s worth reading it: the tragedy of the Enclosed Lands.
If interested in the topic from an economical perspective, I suggest you to read a study I mentioned in the post about Italian ZIP code monopoly: an English study stating that Public sector information holders keeping hidden information (raw data) cost the economy half a billion.
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