[OpenSpending] [CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: Fwd: [sunlightlabs] MapLight Launches New US Money and Politics Data Set

Tue Oct 2 19:18:03 UTC 2012

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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