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On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 21:18 +0200, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> My mistake, Heather!
> I was under this impression from the press release, which says: "The
> MapLight Money and Politics Data Set can also be downloaded or
> accessed via API by citizens and journalists for free *non-commercial*
> use in websites, widgets, and apps." (my emphasis).
> I will forward the data license to the Open Definition Advisory
> Council [1], to see if they think this is compliant with the Open
> Definition [2]:
> http://maplight.org/data/get/federal-money-and-politics-dataset/license
> J.
> [1] http://opendefinition.org/advisory-council/
> [2] http://opendefinition.org/
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Heather Morrison <hgmor...@sfu.ca>
> wrote:
> Cool resource - thanks for sharing this, Michael!
> The Open Knowledge Foundation's Jonathan Gray's comment
> misportrays the license for this resource.
> Here is what it actually says: "free of charge for all uses
> that are freely available to the public. For example, you may
> use the MapLight Data on free public websites (including
> ad-supported websites); in news reporting available to the
> public; in academic research; in blog posts; and in mobile
> apps offered free of charge".
> http://maplight.org/data/get/federal-money-and-politics-dataset/license
> This is not a CC license, but it more closely resembles
> Sharealike than Noncommercial.
> best,
> Heather Morrison
> On 2012-10-02, at 11:57 AM, Michael Lenczner wrote:
> > fyi
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.g...@okfn.org>
> > Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM
> > Subject: [OpenSpending] Fwd: [sunlightlabs] MapLight
> Launches New US
> > Money and Politics Data Set
> > To: open-governm...@lists.okfn.org,
> openspend...@lists.okfn.org
> > Might be of interest. Shame it is all under a non-commercial
> license!
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Daniel Newman <d...@maplight.org>
> > Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:23 PM
> > Subject: [sunlightlabs] MapLight Launches New US Money and
> Politics Data Set
> > To: sunlightlabs <sunlightlabs@googlegroups.com>
> > Free, Public MapLight Money and Politics Data Set Launches
> Today,
> > Includes All Federal Campaign Contributions
> > Hosted on Google Fusion Tables for Easy Searching and Bulk
> Download
> > Accessible by API
> > Oct. 2, 2012—MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization
> that
> > reveals money's influence on politics, announces the launch
> of the
> > MapLight Money and Politics Data Set, an easy-to-access,
> downloadable
> > database of MapLight-enhanced Federal Elections Commission
> (FEC)
> > campaign finance data for free public use. The data set
> includes all
> > federal contributions, independent expenditures (including
> super
> > PACs), and candidate and committee totals and will update
> regularly
> > with the most current data from the FEC.
> > "MapLight is excited to offer this critical civic data in a
> way that
> > is more timely and accessible than ever before, said Daniel
> G. Newman,
> > MapLights co-founder and president. "It will be wonderful to
> see what
> > the web community builds with this continually-updated free
> public
> > data, using the latest tools from Google Fusion Tables."
> > Citizens, journalists, and programmers can now view, search,
> sort,
> > filter, and visualize (with charts, line graphs, bar graphs,
> scatter
> > plots, and timelines) federal campaign contributions using
> Google
> > Fusion Tables. Data can also be merged with outside
> databases, and
> > visualizations can be easily embedded into blogs, media
> sites, and
> > more.
> > The MapLight Money and Politics Data Set can also be
> downloaded or
> > accessed via API by citizens and journalists for free
> non-commercial
> > use in websites, widgets, and apps. The data set includes
> continually
> > updated information on all current candidates for the House,
> Senate,
> > and U.S. Presidentincluding how much each has raised and
> spentmaking
> > it easy for election-related websites to integrate this
> newsworthy
> > information.
> > Read more:
> http://maplight.org/maplight-launches-fec-money-and-politics-data-set
> > -----
> > Daniel Newman
> > President & Co-Founder
> > MapLight
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