[okfn-discuss] Is the Open Directory Project open?
Mike Linksvayer
ml at creativecommons.org
Wed Aug 29 18:59:53 UTC 2007
Jonathan wrote:
> I was recently wondering whether or not the license for the Open
> Directory Project (also known as DMOZ) is conformant with the Open
> Knowledge Definition.
>
> The license is here:
>
> http://www.dmoz.org/license.html
>
> What do people reckon?
No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Directory_Project#License_and_requirements
And FWIW the main software that runs the service isn't free either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Directory_Project#Software
But still it was a pioneering open content-esque project.
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