At 10:14 AM 12/21/2016 -0500, Owen Leonard wrote:
> As noted, the data within Library Technology Guides is not
> offered via an open data license, but I do provide extensive
> data services to anyone interested without cost.
I can imagine some reasons why one would not want to explicitly offer
data under an open license:
- Fear that access to the data will become a financial burden
(hosting/data limits).
- Unwillingness to develop a method of access to the data.
- Unwillingness to make a commitment to maintaining the data and/or
API in the future.
- Desire to reserve the right to monetize access to the data in the future.
Some of those concerns can be mitigated by cooperation.
Owen -- you're "on target", I might go one step further and say that "all"
of those concerns, not just "some", can be cooperatively mitigated.
Marshall Breeding has done, and continues to do, a remarkable job and is
very obviously reaching out to the Koha community. Let's not "look a gift
horse in the mouth."
Best -- Paul
_______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org
[email protected]
https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
