Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Deepak Shenoy
> Without taking names. I recently read a report online based on a survey. > Now, I thought there were some different ways to look at and analyze the > survey data, so I wanted to get my hands on the raw data. But take names no? :) I stopped responding to surveys from Moneylife (although I respec

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Karthik Shashidhar
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Sumant Suresh Kulkarni < kulkarni.sum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting question. However, before putting my points here, I > wanted to know what are you referring to as non-monetary paywalls. Can you > give some examples? It would definitely make the contex

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Sumant Suresh Kulkarni wrote: > Very interesting question. However, before putting my points here, I wanted > to know what are you referring to as non-monetary paywalls. Can you give > some examples? It would definitely make the context more clear for me. >From

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Sumant Suresh Kulkarni
Hi Karthik, Very interesting question. However, before putting my points here, I wanted to know what are you referring to as non-monetary paywalls. Can you give some examples? It would definitely make the context more clear for me. Thank you, Sumant On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Gautam John

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Karthik Shashidhar wrote: > What do you think of websites or organizations that ask you to fill up an > elaborate form or write an elaborate research proposal before they share > their data with you? Do you think such data is really "open"? It isn't open. -- F

[datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Karthik Shashidhar
What do you think of websites or organizations that ask you to fill up an elaborate form or write an elaborate research proposal before they share their data with you? Do you think such data is really "open"? I find monetary paywalls more egalitarian than such artificial paywalls because in the fo

[datameet] Meta Refresh 2013

2013-02-17 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
Hi all, If you haven't heard about it yet, Meta Refresh is this weekend in Bangalore. http://metarefresh.in/2013/ Meta Refresh is HasGeek's annual conference on what it takes to build great websites. Like all HasGeek events, Meta Refresh had an open submission process. When we opened submission