[euopendata] Study says charge for public data...

James McKinney oxford.tuxedo at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 14:00:17 UTC 2011


> I'm sorry, but I don't think this is the relevant point. Non-Commercial
> restrictions, for instance, exclude the possibility of re-using the released
> material in Wikipedia (or any other project using a license such a CC BY-SA
> or CC BY): this is far from being a problem of private enterprise
> free-riding on taxpayers' money.

No, CC BY-SA and CC BY allow for commercial use. It's CC BY-NC-SA and
CC BY-NC that restrict commercial use. Wikipedia allows commercial use
of its text content (images are separately licensed).




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