include license and citation guides in "contributing" #15

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opened 2021-01-23 07:33:23 +11:00 by hughrun · 3 comments

hughrun commented

2021-01-23 07:33:23 +11:00

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Also would be good to have a PR template with a checklist for licensing and permissions. e.g.

I agree my contribution is licensed CC-BY (for /websiite/data) or GPL-3.0 (everything else)
Any data I have added from another source has been cited appropriately in sources.md and /sources/index.html.

Also would be good to have a PR template with a checklist for licensing and permissions. e.g. - [ ] I agree my contribution is licensed CC-BY (for /websiite/data) or GPL-3.0 (everything else) - [ ] Any data I have added from another source has been cited appropriately in `sources.md` and `/sources/index.html`.

nemobis commented

2022-10-29 18:21:05 +11:00

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Thanks for adding a license! Why CC-BY-SA though? It doesn't disclaim database rights, which is not a problem in Australia (until the EU decides to force them down your throat with some trade treaty) but can be a problem for international users. CC-0 is an alternative.

Thanks for adding a license! Why CC-BY-SA though? It doesn't disclaim [database rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right), which is not a problem in Australia (until the EU decides to force them down your throat with some trade treaty) but can be a problem for international users. [CC-0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) is an alternative.

hughrun commented

2022-10-29 19:17:05 +11:00

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CC-0 is problematic:

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

I'm not interested in allowing corporations to enclose this data. This is not hypothetical, public domain library and research data is routinely claimed by litigious corporations with deep pockets.

Unless international contributors are worried I will claim "database rights" (which I wont', can't since I'm in Australia, and this data all relates to Australia anyway), I'm not really sure what the problem is?

CC-0 is problematic: > You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. I'm not interested in allowing corporations to enclose this data. This is not hypothetical, public domain library and research data is routinely claimed by litigious corporations with deep pockets. Unless international contributors are worried I will claim "database rights" (which I wont', can't since I'm in Australia, and this data all relates to Australia anyway), I'm not really sure what the problem is?

nemobis commented

2022-10-29 19:34:04 +11:00

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Il 29/10/22 11:17, Hugh Rundle ha scritto:

I'm not really sure what the problem is?

I'm thinking whether this data would be useful for Wikidata, but if it's
not CC-0 I may not even start looking at it because it would take more
effort to assess its copyright status.

Il 29/10/22 11:17, Hugh Rundle ha scritto: > I'm not really sure what the problem is? I'm thinking whether this data would be useful for Wikidata, but if it's not CC-0 I may not even start looking at it because it would take more effort to assess its copyright status.