Comments on: OpenSecrets.org releases 200 million government data records http://boingboing.net/2009/04/13/opensecretsorg-relea.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/13/opensecretsorg-relea.html#comment-462853 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-462853 seems fair: "To download bulk data from OpenSecrets.org, users must register on the site and agree to prominently credit the Center for Responsive Politics, along with other terms of service. CRP is making its data available through a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license, which allows users to remix, tweak, build upon and share the Center's work non-commercially. CRP will continue to offer its data to commercial users for a negotiable fee." seems fair:
“To download bulk data from OpenSecrets.org, users must register on the site and agree to prominently credit the Center for Responsive Politics, along with other terms of service. CRP is making its data available through a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license, which allows users to remix, tweak, build upon and share the Center’s work non-commercially. CRP will continue to offer its data to commercial users for a negotiable fee.”

]]> By: videobored http://boingboing.net/2009/04/13/opensecretsorg-relea.html#comment-464206 videobored Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-464206 The service OpenSecrets provides is really pretty amazing. To gather together all this data and make it so readily available to the public is a very admirable challenge. I think it rocks. The OpenSecrets site has been nominated for a Webby this year. I encourage everyone to go check it out and cast your vote for it at the People's Voice site: http://pv.webbyawards.com The service OpenSecrets provides is really pretty amazing. To gather together all this data and make it so readily available to the public is a very admirable challenge. I think it rocks.

The OpenSecrets site has been nominated for a Webby this year. I encourage everyone to go check it out and cast your vote for it at the People’s Voice site:
http://pv.webbyawards.com

]]> By: LeavingHalfway http://boingboing.net/2009/04/13/opensecretsorg-relea.html#comment-463025 LeavingHalfway Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-463025 Private licensing of (effectively) government data. Cash Money. Private licensing of (effectively) government data. Cash Money.

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