Open Source Data Sets? Linux Foundation Introduces 'Community Data License Agreements' (linuxinsider.com)

"In open source philosophy, you share source code. Why not share data?" writes Slashdot reader princelobga. Linux Insider reports on the Linux Foundation's new Community Data License Agreement, "a new framework for sharing large sets of data required for research, collaborative learning and other purposes." CDLAs will allow both individuals and groups to share data sets in the same way they share open source software code, the foundation said. "As systems require data to learn and evolve, no one organization can build, maintain and source all data required," noted Mike Dolan, VP of strategic programs at The Linux Foundation. "Data communities are forming around artificial intelligence and machine learning use cases, autonomous systems, and connected civil infrastructure," he told LinuxInsider. "The CDLA license agreements enable sharing data openly, embodying best practices learned over decades of sharing source code."
A principal analyst at Pund-IT told the site that the new data license "reflects the growing importance of information as a resource for big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence."

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Re:Yeah no copyright on data in the US

[St.Creed]

At least in the EU there is a special addition to copyright, which is specifically aimed at databases. They are considered creative works once effort has been put into compiling them. So for at least the EU, this license makes a great deal of sense.

The most pressing problem is of course, that most open data has little documentation and is hardly any use. But hey, at least we got the legal issues fixed once a license can be slapped onto it. Who needs to actually work with it, anyway?