On 8/24/12 8:14 AM, Joe Hourcle wrote:
>
> And whatever you do, don't *ever* release data under a CC-ND license,
> as no one has any clue what that means for data. (are you not allowed
> to calibrate research data? mash-ups / merge it with other data?
> re-distribute in a different processed form? write a paper about the
> data?)
One of the issues with the CC licenses is that people usually interpret
them as being what you can and cannot do, when in fact they are: what
you can and cannot do without asking further permission of the rights
holder. So CC-NC (non-commercial) doesn't mean that the author will not
allow commercial use, it means that commercial use isn't a given -- you
have to ask. ND might work the same way, although that is less obvious.
In any case, it's a good idea to add contact information into the
metadata of your license -- don't just add the license logo to your
work. And as a user, don't assume that you can't negotiate uses, if it
really matters to you.
kc
>
> The ODC licenses at least distinguish between 'collective' and
> 'extraction' vs. other 'derivitative' databases, so it's more clear
> what you're allowed to do with the data.
>
> -Joe
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
>> Sent: 23 August 2012 20:31
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: [NGC4LIB] OCLC recommends Open Data Commons Attribution License
>>
>> From Library Journal:
>>
>> "OCLC is recommending that member institutions that would like to
>> release their catalog data on the Web do so with the Open Data
>> Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY)."
>>
>> For more details, see: http://bit.ly/MP63Dc
>>
>> Bernie Sloan
>>
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Received on Fri Aug 24 2012 - 11:37:17 EDT