There are other datasets on Infochimps and Factual which are freely downloadable.
http://www.infochimps.com/ http://www.factual.com/ On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Lance Norskog [email protected]
