[geo-discuss] [Geodata] Re: Geodata in CKAN and collaboration (was Re: Responding to the consultation on opening Ordnance Survey's data)

[Puneet Kishor]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:43 AM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote:
>> To make a claim now, just as you are doing, "as is obvious to anyone,"
>> you are clearly not just not convinced of CC0's usefulness and
>> viability, you think it is patronizing, sermonizing, and misguided.
>> Well, then, don't use it. Use a license of your liking, and do what
>> you want with your data. Why even bother waiting for OKFN or someone
>> else to build a license menu. Just create your own license, or pick
>> one from the pile of hundreds out there, and go for it.
>
> Because it would be far quicker and better to get either Science Commons (because you guys have infinite amounts of money)

I am not privy to how much money Creative Commons has, but I am
certain that it is very, very far from infinite (Science Commons is
just a very small part of Creative Commons -- I believe SC has only 3
or 4 permanent employees... perhaps fewer). I believe that SC/CC does
have a lot of goodwill and faith of a lot of folks around the world,
and I don't think any amount of money can buy that.

Hoping that CC will build something that it thinks is misguided would
be a waste of hope.

> or OKFN (because they've already taken the first steps with the ODbL) to build out the menu?
>
> Yours &c.
>
> Steve



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