- From: John Bywater <john.bywater@appropriatesoftware.net>
- Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:41:02 +0100
- To: William Waites <ww-keyword-okfn.193365@styx.org>
- CC: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>, public-lod@w3.org, Leigh Dodds <leigh.dodds@talis.com>, Anja Jentzsch <anja@anjeve.de>, CKAN discuss <ckan-discuss@lists.okfn.org>, Chris Bizer <chris@bizer.de>
William Waites wrote: > On 10-09-05 16:00, Alan Ruttenberg wrote: >> As I said, the first line on the CKAN home page says: "CKAN is a >> registry of open data and content packages.". Therefore I think there >> is a reasonable expectation that the packages registered there are >> open. > > Actually, it is my understanding that CKAN is an > *open registry* and includes packages that are > partially open, unclearly licensed or even that > someone thinks should be open but at present are > not. > > I agree that the text is misleading and should > probably be fixed. I'm crossposting to ckan-discuss, > and if nobody objects I'll change it to "CKAN is > an open registry of data and content packages" > What about saying it's an open software service, or linking to the OSSD? http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd/ J. > It seems to me the case that packages in the curated > LOD group should all be themselves open, by > definition. > > Cheers, > -w
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