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== | == All FactGrid information is CC0 licensed == | ||
CC0 allows other users to freely use all data they find, even without further mentioning the platform on which the data were first generated, let alone the researchers that retrieved the information. Commercial use is part of the deal. | |||
While CC0 has all the qualities of a drastic and far too radical decision — for why should academic projects, funded by the public sector, allow it other projects to make financial profit with their work? — it remains the only viable decision in the field of data sharing. | |||
* data you produce might appear in visualisations — how would set footnote footnotes on dots and lines in such a visualisation | |||
* | * you will be eager to see your data used by the national libraries or Wikidata — but how could these platforms make sure that their users will respect your personal licensing scheme? | ||
== CC0 does not mean that no one will be interested to quote you on your data == | |||
The liberal CC0 license does not mean that no one will be interested to quote you on your data. The opposite is true: Anyone who uses data is usually eager to guarantee their quality. Bigger users of data such as the GND or Wikidata are prepared to quote sources. | |||
It is therefor necessary to make quoting easy. The version histories are not of much help here. We advise users to import the [[Property:P131]] instead and to quote the factGrid Q-Number as the default source of a [[Property:P131]] is not given with the item. | |||
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Revision as of 14:31, 15 April 2020
All FactGrid information is CC0 licensed
CC0 allows other users to freely use all data they find, even without further mentioning the platform on which the data were first generated, let alone the researchers that retrieved the information. Commercial use is part of the deal.
While CC0 has all the qualities of a drastic and far too radical decision — for why should academic projects, funded by the public sector, allow it other projects to make financial profit with their work? — it remains the only viable decision in the field of data sharing.
- data you produce might appear in visualisations — how would set footnote footnotes on dots and lines in such a visualisation
- you will be eager to see your data used by the national libraries or Wikidata — but how could these platforms make sure that their users will respect your personal licensing scheme?
CC0 does not mean that no one will be interested to quote you on your data
The liberal CC0 license does not mean that no one will be interested to quote you on your data. The opposite is true: Anyone who uses data is usually eager to guarantee their quality. Bigger users of data such as the GND or Wikidata are prepared to quote sources.
It is therefor necessary to make quoting easy. The version histories are not of much help here. We advise users to import the Property:P131 instead and to quote the factGrid Q-Number as the default source of a Property:P131 is not given with the item.