Can there be reciprocity for open data? | London Assembly Transport Committee

"Analysis: An assertion by the London Assembly Transport Committee has raised questions about whether organisations should ask for something in return for opening up their data

Some members of the London Assembly stirred up the city’s open data nest last week. One of the stand-out points of its Transport Committee’s report on technology was the assertion that Transport for London (TfL) should aim for reciprocity in obtaining data from anyone that uses its own. It threw an element of contention into TfL’s flagship open data policy – which it has claimed provides big benefits for London’s economy – and raised a broader question of whether the idea of reciprocity can work within the open data movement...."