Dr. Michael Geist at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On December 9th, 2010. See this statement in context.

December 9th, 2010 / 4:25 p.m.

Canada Research Chair, Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Of course not, and I'm glad you raised the question. It's important to distinguish between works that are commissioned and created internally and works that are published and made available.

The notion of putting an open licence on government works is not saying that everything you produce would now be openly licensed. It's saying that everything you make available to the public now comes with an open licence.

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