[od-discuss] Is new data license from Maplight compliant with Open Definition?

Tue Oct 2 20:50:54 UTC 2012

Hi Jonathan,

I think that points 5 and 8 impose restrictions other than the two allowed
by the definition, so it does not currently meet the definition.

I am not an member of the Open Definition Advisory Council but am a
contributor.

Herb

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Here is the URL:
>
> http://maplight.org/data/get/federal-money-and-politics-dataset/license
>
> What do people think? ;-)
>
> J.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: [OpenSpending] Fwd: [sunlightlabs]
> MapLight Launches New US Money and Politics Data Set
> To: Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca>
> Cc: civicaccess discuss <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>,
> open-government <open-government at googlegroups.com>, OpenSpending
> Discussion List <openspending at lists.okfn.org>
>
>
> My mistake, Heather!
>
> I was under this impression from the press release, which says: "The
> MapLight Money and Politics Data Set can also be downloaded or accessed via
> API by citizens and journalists for free *non-commercial* use in websites,
> widgets, and apps." (my emphasis).
>
> I will forward the data license to the Open Definition Advisory Council
> [1], to see if they think this is compliant with the Open Definition [2]:
>
> http://maplight.org/data/get/federal-money-and-politics-dataset/license
>
> J.
>
> [1] http://opendefinition.org/advisory-council/
> [2] http://opendefinition.org/
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Heather Morrison <hgmorris at sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>> Cool resource - thanks for sharing this, Michael!
>>
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation's Jonathan Gray's comment misportrays the
>> license for this resource.
>>
>> Here is what it actually says: "free of charge for all uses that are
>> freely available to the public. For example, you may use the MapLight Data
>> on free public websites (including ad-supported websites); in news
>> reporting available to the public; in academic research; in blog posts; and
>> in mobile apps offered free of charge".
>> http://maplight.org/data/get/federal-money-and-politics-dataset/license
>>
>> This is not a CC license, but it more closely resembles Sharealike than
>> Noncommercial.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Heather Morrison
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-10-02, at 11:57 AM, Michael Lenczner wrote:
>>
>> > fyi
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> > Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM
>> > Subject: [OpenSpending] Fwd: [sunlightlabs] MapLight Launches New US
>> > Money and Politics Data Set
>> > To: open-government at lists.okfn.org, openspending at lists.okfn.org
>> >
>> >
>> > Might be of interest. Shame it is all under a non-commercial license!
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Daniel Newman <dan at maplight.org>
>> > Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:23 PM
>> > Subject: [sunlightlabs] MapLight Launches New US Money and Politics
>> Data Set
>> > To: sunlightlabs <sunlightlabs at googlegroups.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Free, Public MapLight Money and Politics Data Set Launches Today,
>> > Includes All Federal Campaign Contributions
>> >
>> > Hosted on Google Fusion Tables for Easy Searching and Bulk Download
>> > Accessible by API
>> >
>> > Oct. 2, 2012—MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that
>> > reveals money's influence on politics, announces the launch of the
>> > MapLight Money and Politics Data Set, an easy-to-access, downloadable
>> > database of MapLight-enhanced Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
>> > campaign finance data for free public use. The data set includes all
>> > federal contributions, independent expenditures (including super
>> > PACs), and candidate and committee totals and will update regularly
>> > with the most current data from the FEC.
>> >
>> > "MapLight is excited to offer this critical civic data in a way that
>> > is more timely and accessible than ever before, said Daniel G. Newman,
>> > MapLights co-founder and president. "It will be wonderful to see what
>> > the web community builds with this continually-updated free public
>> > data, using the latest tools from Google Fusion Tables."
>> >
>> > Citizens, journalists, and programmers can now view, search, sort,
>> > filter, and visualize (with charts, line graphs, bar graphs, scatter
>> > plots, and timelines) federal campaign contributions using Google
>> > Fusion Tables. Data can also be merged with outside databases, and
>> > visualizations can be easily embedded into blogs, media sites, and
>> > more.
>> >
>> > The MapLight Money and Politics Data Set can also be downloaded or
>> > accessed via API by citizens and journalists for free non-commercial
>> > use in websites, widgets, and apps. The data set includes continually
>> > updated information on all current candidates for the House, Senate,
>> > and U.S. Presidentincluding how much each has raised and spentmaking
>> > it easy for election-related websites to integrate this newsworthy
>> > information.
>> >
>> > Read more:
>> http://maplight.org/maplight-launches-fec-money-and-politics-data-set
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Daniel Newman
>> > President & Co-Founder
>> > MapLight
>> >
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