OK, just asked. Their reply was that they "reserves the right under paragraph 3.3 of ODbL to release the database under different terms", which is to say their data is NOT free because they want to control how and where the data is used. Are we starting to see "free vs open" all over again, this time with data instead of software?
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 5:06 PM From: "Thad Guidry" thadguidry@gmail.com To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Kickstartet: Adding 2.2 million German organisations to Wikidata
Laura, Talk to OpenCorporates and ask those questions yourself. Get involved ! :)
-Thad +ThadGuidry[https://plus.google.com/+ThadGuidry]
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 3:22 AM Laura Morales <lauretas@mail.com[mailto:lauretas@mail.com]> wrote:Is there any RDF dump available of OpenCorporates data? Or even any dump at all? Their licensing terms are ambiguous... They say it's released under ODbL, but if I want to use the data I have to ask permission and they will decide if I can use it for free or if I have to pay a fee :/ _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata%5Bhttps://lists.wikime...]