[Kevin Crowston <crowston@sy...>]

Sorry, I miss understood your prior question about the license and replied with a discussion of the data license. The spidering code should be available and I think Megan would welcome contributions to maintaining and enhancing it. Megan, have you actually picked a license for it? 

On 25 Nov 2009, at 7:50 PM, Carlos Santos Jr. wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> In case we decide to try to build something using/based on the bot
> source code you guys developed, would that be possible? Is there a
> chosen license attached to the code?
> 
> Thanks,
> Carlos.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Kevin Crowston <crowston@...> wrote:
>> Excellent question but unfortunately, not one with an easy answer.
>> 
>> The intent is that the data be available to all, something like a Creative Commons Share-Alike license. However, it's not clear who actually owns the data and what the implications of our license would be. We've been discussing on and off what to do, and it's a question that recurs periodically, so we really should come to some resolution and post it.
>> 
>> I'm resending your question to the ossmole list for wider discussion.
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "Carlos Santos Jr." <carlosdenner@...>
>>> Date: 23 November 2009 9:03:10 AM EST
>>> To: Kevin Crowston <crowston@...>
>>> Subject: FLOSSmole license
>>> 
>>> Dear Dr. Crowston,
>>> 
>>> I'm interested in developing some additional features using the code
>>> you guys developed to collect data from FLOSS repositories. We have
>>> noted that some data is not trustworthy (e.g., downloads), and so we
>>> would like to try collect them. Thus, to be able to see and use the
>>> bot source code would be really nice. But we do not know the license
>>> adopted. What is it?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> --
>>> Carlos D Santos Jr., PhD
>>> Postdoctoral Research Associate @ University of São Paulo
>>> http://ccsl.ime.usp.br
>> 
>> 
>> Kevin Crowston
>> Syracuse University                                     Phone:  +1 (315) 464-0272
>> School of Information Studies                   Fax:    +1 (866) 265-7407
>> 348 Hinds Hall                                          Web:    http://crowston.syr.edu/
>> Syracuse, NY   13244-4100   USA
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Carlos D Santos Jr., PhD
> Postdoctoral Research Associate @ University of São Paulo
> http://ccsl.ime.usp.br


Kevin Crowston
Syracuse University                            		Phone:  +1 (315) 464-0272
School of Information Studies			Fax:    +1 (866) 265-7407
348 Hinds Hall						Web:    http://crowston.syr.edu/
Syracuse, NY   13244-4100   USA