Talis has written about this issue or encouraged others to write for quite a while. Here are a few links. There are probably others I have forgotten about.
http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2010/02/sharing-data-on-the-web.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/07/linked-data-public-domain.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2007/07/open_data_licensing_an_unnatur.php HTH Ian On Monday, October 24, 2011, Richard Cyganiak <rich...@cyganiak.de> wrote: > Dear list, > > We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. > > Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? > > Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. > > My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: > http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license > > Thanks, > Richard >