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> Creative Commons seems like a good license for this though I don't think that CC licenses are a good fit for data collections in general. Let's see what othe
by vog 9y ago
> Creative Commons seems like a good license for this though
I don't think that CC licenses are a good fit for data collections in general. Let's see what other open data projects do:
Some open data projects were not satisfied with CC licenses, which is why ODbL was created:
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
Also, many open data projects choose to put their stuff into the public domain (or license it as "CC0" which means exactly the same). This is, for example, what Wikidata does:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
(Wikidata the structured sister project of Wikipedia.)
- zitterbewegung 9y agoI agree that CC licenses aren't a good fit for data collections. I have been meaning to create a new license but I don't have the expertise or credibility to reasonably market it. ODbL seems really close to what I was envisioning. Thanks!