From m.estevesf at ibm.com Wed Dec 6 22:32:43 2023 From: m.estevesf at ibm.com (Matheus Esteves F) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 20:32:43 +0000 Subject: [Cod-bugs] Inquiry Regarding Raman Open Database License Message-ID: Hi, I?m interested in using the Raman Open Database as part of my own research. After taking a look at the repository and the paper it seems like the dataset is currently in the open domain and requests only that the authors are cited and credited. That said, I?m wondering if there is any specific license linked to the dataset (eg. CC BY 4.0) and if so, where can I find it on the website. Best Regards, Matheus Esteves Ferreira (he/him/his) Research Scientist IBM Research | Brazil https://ibm.biz/m-estevesf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grazulis at ibt.lt Thu Dec 7 07:28:52 2023 From: grazulis at ibt.lt (=?UTF-8?Q?Saulius_Gra=C5=BEulis?=) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 07:28:52 +0200 Subject: [Cod-bugs] Inquiry Regarding Raman Open Database License In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <604f5333-171c-4f1d-9cf9-bcc56614791c@ibt.lt> On 2023-12-06 22:32, Matheus Esteves F wrote: > > I?m interested in using the Raman Open Database as part of my own > research. > > After taking a look at the repository and the paper it seems like the > dataset is currently in the open domain and requests only that the > authors are cited and credited. > That's correct. > > That said, I?m wondering if there is any specific license linked to > the dataset (eg. CC BY 4.0) and if so, where can I find it on the > website. > At the moment there is no explicit license placed on the ROD, the Advisory board regarded that as superfluous for an open database. However, the similar database, the COD [1] has recently voted to adopt CC 0 for the database. Thus, you can assume that CC 0 or CC BY are appropriate for ROD, and will be instantiated if the AB ever decides to place the license on the ROD collection. That said, citing other peoples' work is a usual academic good practice (even for a CC 0 licensed database), and is expected for any bona fide research publication. Also, customers of a company will also most probably want to know the provenance of the data they use, even if that data is transformed and sold along some product ;) HTH, Yours, Saulius -- Dr. Saulius Gra?ulis Vilnius University, Life Science Center, Institute of Biotechnology Saul?tekio al. 7, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lietuva (Lithuania) phone (office): (+370-5)-2234353, mobile: (+370-684)-49802, (+370-614)-36366 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: