- From: makxdekkers via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:02:18 +0000
- To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
As far as I see it, there are two general cases: 1. all distributions of a dataset have the same licence. In that case, it is indeed easier to assign the licence to the dataset. This is how CKAN works; it does **not allow** licences to be different for different distributions -- I guess a CKAN user would be forced to create a separate dataset for a distribution that has a different licence? 2. not all distributions have necessarily the same licence. In that case, it makes more sense to assign licences to distributions. It is fairly easy for a publisher to convert from case 1 to case 2, using an extension, like the one from @jakubklimek; in the other direction it is not so easy, as @dr-shorthair writes in his last sentence. However, my main argument is against doing both -- allowing licences both on dataset and on distribution -- because that is really the worst of both worlds. -- GitHub Notification of comment by makxdekkers Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/104#issuecomment-376797492 using your GitHub account
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