- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:14:48 -0400
- To: public-lod@w3.org
- Message-ID: <51589938.6000807@openlinksw.com>
On 3/31/13 2:54 PM, Alan Ruttenberg wrote: > > All the CC-BY licenses require attribution in the a manner specified > by the licensor. What needs to be done is that if you release work > under a CC license you should specify that you consider the work > properly attributed if the licensee includes the original uri in their > publications., > > The SA provision doesn't address the issue of how attribution is made. > Rather it stipulates that works that build upon a so licensed source > need to be themselves licensed in the same way. I'm not personally a > fan of this provision, but I understand it may be useful in selected > situations. > > Finally, it should be noted that you can only use a CC license if you > actually have some copy rights in the material you are releasing. In > the US, if the material is factual data , then it is not something > that can be copyrighted. And if you are producing LOD transliterations > of existing resources, you can't slap on a CC license unless the > source material is licensed in a manner that gives you the right to do > so (google my discussion of the license we see on linkedct.org > <http://linkedct.org> if you are curious about this aspect.) > > So licensing will only go so far. > > If people care about this, and I agree with Kingsley that they should, > they should consider articulating their views and including those > descriptions - not legally binding, but establishing a community norm > - in linked data they publish. Aggregators, reviewers, search tools, > users of linked data should pay attention to uses to check and make > (public) noise when those norms are flouted. Tutorials and Courses > that teach about how to make linked data should include education > about these norms. > > In academia, citation is not mandated by license or law, but by norms, > and it is pretty darned effective. it could become the case that norms > are similarly effective in the lod community. > +1000... Kingsley > > Alan > > On Mar 31, 2013 1:20 PM, "Kingsley Idehen" <kidehen@openlinksw.com > <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote: > > On 3/31/13 7:42 AM, Dominic wrote: >> >> >> Should this be stipulated as part of a license agreement? > > CC-BY-SA is an example of such a license. > > Kingsley >> >> Dominic >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> >> <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com> >> *To:* "public-lod@w3.org" <mailto:public-lod@w3.org> >> <public-lod@w3.org> <mailto:public-lod@w3.org> >> *Sent:* Saturday, 30 March 2013, 14:35 >> *Subject:* Why is it bad practice to consume Linked Data and >> publish opaque HTML pages? >> >> All, >> >> " Citing sources is useful for many reasons: (a) it shows that it >> isn't a half-baked idea I just pulled out of thin air, (b) it >> provides a reference for anybody who wants to dig into the >> subject, and (c) it shows where the ideas originated and how >> they're likely to evolve." -- John F. Sowa [1]. >> >> An HTTP URI is an extremely powerful citation and attribution >> mechanism. Incorporate Linked Data principles and the power >> increases exponentially. >> >> It is okay to consume Linked Data from wherever and publish HTML >> documents based on source data modulo discoverable original >> sources Linked Data URIs. >> >> It isn't okay, to consume publicly available Linked Data from >> sources such as the LOD cloud and then republish the extracted >> content using HTML documents, where the original source Linked >> Data URIs aren't undiscoverable by humans or machines. >> >> The academic community has always had a very strong regard for >> citations and source references. Thus, there's no reason why the >> utility of Linked Data URIs shouldn't be used to reinforce this >> best-practice, at Web-scale . >> >> Links: >> >> 1. >> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2013-03/msg00084.html >> -- ontolog list post . >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen >> Founder & CEO >> OpenLink Software >> Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com <http://www.openlinksw.com/> >> Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> >> Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen >> Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about >> LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web:http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog:http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile:https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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