Data Openness Enquiry - ITDK

Enquiry Status: Unresolved

Started: Sat Mar 6 18:27:42 2010
ID: 890910cd-6712-4aa9-8540-0b03887a750a

Message:

To: kc@cai....

Subject: Data Openness Enquiry - ITDK

Date: Sat Mar 6 18:27:42 2010

Status: Sent

Dear KC Claffy,

I am a researcher in distributed systems and data catalogues.

I am writing to seek clarification of the 'openness' [1] of the ITDK just released. (http://www.caida.org/data/active/internet-topology-data-kit/)

I am unclear on the reasons for the somewhat specialised license terms, considering that the project is funded by federal agencies of the US government, and the results of such projects are usually in the public doomain so I'm writing to find out what the exact situation is. In particular we would like to know whether the material can be made available under an open license of some kind [2].

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to receiving your response.

Regards, 

William Waites
Open Knowledge Foundation
william.waites@okfn.org

[1] http://www.opendefinition.org/1.0/
[2] http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/

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