I've asked them in the past as well if it could be scripted in the past and the answer was no.
On Mar 23, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Sean Owen wrote: > I might err on the side of not doing so. I know from talking to the > GroupLens guys a while ago, they (rightly) don't want the data > redistributed freely as they have certain obligations to notify users > of terms and such. A shell script may or may not be against the letter > of the license, but seems against the spirit of it. I have to date > simply directed users to download the file and put it in a certain > place. Yes it's more work, but I think the authors want that extra > work to be done, to acknowledge the data's source and terms. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Sebastian Schelter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> with committing MAHOUT-542, I'd like to add a shell-script to our examples >> that downloads the Movielens 1M dataset and factorizes it. Are there any >> legal issues I have to consider? >> >> --sebastian >> -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com
