05-24-2020, 08:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2020, 08:15 AM by danbrotherston.)
(05-24-2020, 06:45 AM)plam Wrote:(05-23-2020, 09:04 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Again, if by using a proprietary model we could get some absolutely amazing result that was impossible without it, it might be a different story: our right to know might be trumped by the amazing result. The cost involved and other alternatives also come into play. Consider if a government website has a Google search link. In an ideal world, I would say that the public has a right to understand how the website works, including the search feature on it. In the real world however, the ability to just throw a Google search link on the website for free provides so much utility that I don’t care that I’m not allowed to know the details of the algorithm.
Presumably one could make a Freedom of Information request which might override the NDA given that this information is in the public interest.
Does it override the NDA? I wouldn't think so. It isn't actually the governments data to give away is the problem. They paid for it but it still is proprietary data of their contractor I believe.
In any case I don't know how to do that