[ckan-dev] CKAN info

[Mark Wainwright]

Oops, thanks, Toby.

On ckan.org the footer has a column called 'CKAN' with a link called
'Licence' that links to CC BY 3.0 - presumably this applies to the
website not CKAN, but it could certainly be clearer.

Mark


On 18 July 2012 10:37, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 18 July 2012 10:27, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bert,
>>
>> > I have now: (technical format for displaying it on the lod2stack
>> > overview)
>> >     <owl:NamedIndividual rdf:about="&localhost;CKAN">
>>
>> Not sure what this bit means but I assume it's ok ...
>>
>> >         <tool_description>CKAN is a registry or catalogue system for
>> > datasets or other "knowledge" resources. CKAN aims to make it
>> > easy
>> > to find, share and reuse open content and data, especially in ways that
>> > are
>> > machine automatable.</tool_description>
>>
>> The first sentence of this description is a bit out of date. I suggest:
>>
>> <tool_description>CKAN is a system for storing, cataloguing and
>> visualising data or other "knowledge" resources. CKAN aims
>> to make it easy to find, share and re-use open content and data,
>> especially in ways that are machine automatable.</tool_description>
>>
>> > I need url license and contact details.
>
>
> is the the license for ckan code?
>
> the code is AGPL 3+ please see
> https://github.com/okfn/ckan/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
>
>
>>
>> URL: http://ckan.org
>> Licence: CC BY 3.0
>> Contact: info at ckan.org
>>
>> > Eventually, some acknowledgements to the software components that are
>> > embedded in the software.
>> > The last is I believe the right way for open-source software: namely the
>> > acknowledge in your high level description about the work you reuse.
>> > It also aids to trace some license issues if the software is going to be
>> > used in a commercial setting.
>>
>> I don't know much about this - cc'ing to the dev list, where perhaps
>> someone can shed some light on what components should be mentioned.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On 18 July 2012 09:25, Bert Van Nuffelen <bert.van.nuffelen at tenforce.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Darwin and Mark,
>> >
>> > can you provide me info about CKAN? For the LOD2 stack.
>> >
>> > I have now: (technical format for displaying it on the lod2stack
>> > overview)
>> >     <owl:NamedIndividual rdf:about="&localhost;CKAN">
>> >         <rdf:type rdf:resource="&lod2;Tool"/>
>> >         <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">CKAN</rdfs:label>
>> >         <tool_description>CKAN is a registry or catalogue system for
>> > datasets or other "knowledge" resources. CKAN aims to make it
>> > easy
>> > to find, share and reuse open content and data, especially in ways that
>> > are
>> > machine automatable.</tool_description>
>> >         <contributed_by_partner rdf:resource="&Partner;okfn"/>
>> >     </owl:NamedIndividual>
>> >
>> > I need url license and contact details.
>> > Eventually, some acknowledgements to the software components that are
>> > embedded in the software.
>> > The last is I believe the right way for open-source software: namely the
>> > acknowledge in your high level description about the work you reuse.
>> > It also aids to trace some license issues if the software is going to be
>> > used in a commercial setting.
>> >
>> > kind regards,
>> >
>> > Bert
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bert Van Nuffelen
>> >
>> > Semantic Technologies Software Architect at TenForce
>> > www.tenforce.be
>> >
>> > Bert.Van.Nuffelen at tenforce.com
>> > Office: +32 (0)16 31 48 60
>> > Mobile:+32 479 06 24 26
>> > skype: bert.van.nuffelen
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Wainwright, CKAN Community Co-ordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/
>> CKAN on Twitter: @CKANproject
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