[od-discuss] Open Data - Licensing with CC-BY 4.0?

Mon Dec 15 16:06:21 UTC 2014

So at this point, what is the definitive "use CC0 for data"
statement/explanation? (I have a half-drafted "share-alike is bad" post,
but I don't currently plan to push that into "and CC0 is the right answer"
territory.)

Luis

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014, 7:39 AM Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> [Copying my co-authors and the open-definition list].
>
> Thanks for our interest! I think you have spotted a link-bug. The link is
> to http://opendefinition.org/licenses/#Data which, in 2010, had a section
> #Data, which has now been removed. This means the link now points to a list
> of licences which are compliant with the Open Definition, some, but not
> all, of which are indicated for data.
>
> By copying this to the list I think we will get a wider and useful
> discussion.  CC-BY 4.0 can in principle be used for data but can cause
> problems. Firstly facts are uncopyrightable and so licences may not be
> appropriate. Then CC-BY requires attribution and in many cases data are
> recursively used, creating attribution stacking ("the boiling point of
> water is 373.15 K (ref A, who got it from B's collection, who got it from
> C...) I'm a physical and bio scientist (and Panton was primarily for
> scientists in 2010) and I have physical scientist's view of data :-).
> However there may be types of data where a licence may be useful.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Felix Schönbrodt <
> felix.schoenbrodt at psy.lmu.de> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Dr. Murray-Rust,
>>
>> with a lot of interest I read the Panton principles. We currently work on
>> a manuscript about open research (see https://agendaforopenresearch.org/)
>> and are discussing licensing issues.
>>
>> One piece of information on your website left me puzzled. On the front
>> page, under point 2, you write:
>>
>> "*Creative Commons licenses* (apart from CCZero), GFDL, GPL, BSD, etc *are
>> NOT appropriate for data and their use is STRONGLY discouraged*. Use a
>> recognized waiver or license that is appropriate for data. - See more at:
>> http://pantonprinciples.org/#sthash.vgpy9IHw.dpuf”
>>
>> If I follow the link to the table of licenses, however, CC-BY-4.0 is
>> listed as a "Recommended conformant license”.
>>
>> Do I see it correctly that the 4.0 version of CC-BY *is* recommended for
>> Open Data?
>> (see also http://theodi.org/blog/cc-40-and-open-data)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Felix
>>
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>>
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>>
>
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