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Netsquared data mashup challenge

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

[Science Commons]Netsquared hosts data mashup challenge If you’re interested in open data or open notebook science, listen up. Netsquared is putting its money where its mouth is and offering a $100,000 cash prize for the best data mashups for social change. You can find out more on their site.

New CCZero framework

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Creative Commons has announced a change in course for CCZero with reference to the approach taken byOpen Data Commons and the Public Domain Dedication and Licence.

Open data links | 22 Feb

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Some things I’ve been reading that should be of interest. There is a great deal more that I’ll put up soon. Read the history of open data in Richard Poydner’s “Peter Murray-Rust and the data-mining robots“. Indeed, without Peter Murray-Rust, we wouldn’t have the Open Data Commons project. Speaking of Murray-Rust, you can listen to [...]

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