[open-science] OKF: What shall I say at the Open Science Summit in Berkeley

Tue Jul 20 20:31:23 UTC 2010

<quoting name="Rufus Pollock" date="2010-07-08" time="12:20:42 +0100">
> On 7 July 2010 07:18, Cameron Neylon <cameron.neylon at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Not to spoil the 5 petals idea, but there is also what I've taken to
> >> calling open community --- the idea that science can potentially benefit
> >> from the input of people who traditionally would be called non-scientists.
> >> The Galaxy Zoo project is an outstanding example.
> 
> Of course, at the same time, Galaxy Zoo is not producing *open* data
> if I recall rightly:
> 
> <http://ckan.net/package/galaxyzoo>
> 
> I think this may be because of the source of the images they use.

It looks like they went a step too far. SDSS (where the photos are from) 
only disallow commercial use, not remixing. Oh well.

Also, there is the question of whether or not ANY image produced by a 
telescope has the requisite authorship/creative expression to receive 
copyright protection.

Greg

Apologies for bringing up an old thread. I was unable to reply to much 
email recently so I am just now catching up.

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