Sam Asher

@samasher.bsky.social

development economist. assoc prof, imperial college london. cofounder devdatalab. india, open data, urbanism, mountains, and celtics

If you are creating data for the public, PLEASE just release it with an open license!!! Orgs like the Census, USAID, etc. often use restrictive licenses, for no good reason, b/c they want some control / visibility on who is using their data. 🧵