Making any of this data proprietary reduces the value of it to OpenLogic.

The project's core value to OpenLogic is a tool to increase the credibility and visibility of your brand (and, as Marty Neumeier famously pointed out, "Brand is not what you say it is. It's what THEY say it is.")

You want copies of that data (and derivative works based on the data) sitting on the real and virtual desktops of every C-level executive who cares about IT — and you want OpenLogic prominently credited in every single copy.

You also want to use this project to help develop strong ties with every major FOSS project that the enterprise cares about. If you can manage this project on terms that the broad FOSS community can respect and build their own value with, we all win.

However, all the project info is available. (We still need to figure out the API format.) At the moment what is restricted to sponsors is demographic data - geography, company size, industry, etc, although some type of reports will be available. Also, if you submit your data, you can get benchmark data.

I can imagine in a few years, when the project becomes self-sustaining, it would all be open.

How can we best share the data?

Did I go off half-cocked here?

The sponsorship page certainly makes it seem like only paying sponsors will get access to the raw data.

If all of the project data will be publicly available, what is the difference between what the sponsors receive and what the general public receives?

Also, what license will see project data be released under?

We're currently working on what an API access should look like and we welcome all feedback.