I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a commit

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by PhilipV on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:16PM (#47555938)

Well done. I believe that Governments should have a Open Licence for copyright purposes like exists in the UK that allows Govt docs to be used for commercial purposes without issue. I would want to propose a step forward there so that the next generation of this open licence actually has a data set approach to making data sets available - possibly at cost. Governments are losing the ability to charge for nominal items in paper as digital is so openly available - they can make a revenue on providing data at large to public so that others can build or simply if not for free.

Well done and great to see items like this and great to see the comments.

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Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by 0x3f on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:24PM (#47556012)

The UK is IMO quite terrible in this regard. Yes, a lot is OGL, but very key items are sequestered away and very costly to obtain. OGL is a total bodge; just get rid of Crown Copyright.

When it comes to the law specifically, there's a whole silly setup with transcription companies as well.

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Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by postepowanieadm on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:19PM (#47556565)

Legislation is out of copyright. Unofficial consolidated versions may be a different matter.

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