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CrunchBase changes its license from CC-BY to CC-BY-NC

5 points by e2e4 13y ago

e2e4 13y ago
> "Commercial uses do require a separate license to safeguard the community’s investment in the CrunchBase, as well as protect the dataset’s integrity." Unfortunately I doubt that community will see any part of the licensing fees. Wired Magazine's comments: AOL Tightens CrunchBase’s Licensing to Block Competitors http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/crunchase-alters-licensing/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/crunchase-alters-li...
Doctor_Fegg 13y ago
> ”CrunchBase’s new terms of service are clearer and more in line with the best practices of the open content community,” said Mitch Stoltz, a Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. No. NC is not "open content". See the Open Definition (http://opendefinition.org/ http://opendefinition.org/): "The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the work in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the work from being used in a business." I am disappointed that EFF, of all people, are helping TechCrunch to openwash this.