[datacatalogs] Fwd: Potential addition to http://datacatalogs.org

Wed Feb 8 12:39:23 UTC 2012

Of course the really important thing is what the license for each dataset
within WEHub, but the question for datacatalogs.org is what the license of
the *metadata* is - i.e. the records stored on WEHub. The T&Cs state:

"By posting and sharing content with WEHUB, the user retains copyright of
the original content. You agree to grant WEHUB a perpetual, royalty-free,
nonexclusive, irrevocable license to use, modify, reproduce, adapt, edit,
perform analysis on, publish, display and distribute the submitted content."

I could be wrong, but as I read it, the records are not shareable, so not
open.

Dave

On 8 February 2012 09:55, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> See below for a message from Alex Joseph, who would like us to add
> http://www.waterenvironmentalhub.ca to the Data Catalog. They haven't
> quite got an open license in place yet, but are moving towards deploying
> one with the agreement of their legal department, and are keen to be
> included in the Catalog now.
>
> Alex has suggested that he could include the following statement to their
> terms of service for now (whilst the legal department reach agreement), and
> has asked us for feedback:
>
> *"Each data set or web service that can be accessed via the Water and
> Environmental Hub includes meta data and a description of the license
> affixed by the data creator. In general, the Water and Environmental Hub
> promotes the open accessibility of data and seeks to work with data
> providers who wish to make their data open. We are aligned with
> OpenDefinition.Org's definition of open data, 'A piece of content or data
> is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject
> only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike' (
> http://opendefinition.org) and offer the ability for data providers to
> select a Creative Commons license to attach to each data set they publish
> on our platform."*
>
> Do you think that we could include http://www.waterenvironmentalhub.ca in
> the Data Catalog if this were in place?
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
>
>
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