Recommendations for OpenLogic's Open Source Census
Last week, I was excited by, and then disappointed with, OpenLogic's Open Source Census project – while the project has promise, OpenLogic planned to license the complete data set only to project sponsors (and I didn't feel that they were being very forthright about the matter.)
Stormy Peters, OpenLogic's community manager caught up with me to discuss the matter, after which I agreed to provide concrete feedback on what I thought OpenLogic should do with the licensing for the project.
I've taken a few passes at making recommendations and then, once by accident and once intentionally, discarding the recommendations. Both sets of recommendations were too long and complex.
The issue is not complicated.
If OpenLogic wants this census to be a massive success, then they must share all census data under a permissive free/open license — anything else simply decreases the value of the project to the community and diminishes OpenLogic's brand (which at the end of the day is what they will rely on to build their business.)
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Posted on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 at 23:37
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