Thanks for the update and the updated patch. With respect to the licensing of BabelNet, I do not think we can redistribute CC BY-NC-SA resources here, but others in this project and Apache in general will probably know better than me.
Best, Rodrigo On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Anthony Beylerian <anthonybeyler...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Concerning this point, I would like to ask about BabelNet [1].The advantages > of [1] is that it integrates WordNet, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, OmegaWiki, > Wikidata, and Open Multi-WordNet. > Also, the newest SemEval task (which results are just out [2]) relies on it. > > Howeover, the 2.5.1 version, which can be used locally, follows a CC BY-NC-SA > 3.0 license [3].I read in [4] that CC-A (Attribution) licenses are > acceptable, however I am not completely sure if the NC-SA > (Non-commercial/ShareAlike) terms would be prohibitive since it was mentioned > that : > "Many of these licenses have specific attribution terms that need to be > adhered to, for example CC-A, often by adding them to the NOTICE file. Ensure > you are doing this when including these works. Note, this list is > colloquially known as the Category A list." > Would like your thoughts on the matter. > Thanks ! > Anthony > [1] : http://babelnet.org/download[2] : > http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2015/cdrom/pdf/SemEval049.pdf[3] : > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ > [4] : http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a > >> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 15:09:24 +0200 >> Subject: Re: GSoC 2015 - WSD Module >> From: kottm...@gmail.com >> To: dev@opennlp.apache.org >> >> Hello, >> >> yes, wordnet is fine, we already depend on it. I just think that remote >> resources are particular problematic. >> >> For local resources it boils down to their license. >> >> Here is the wordnet one: >> http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/license/ >> >> We might even be able to redistribute this here at Apache, which is really >> nice. To do that we have to check >> with the legal list if they give a green light for it. >> >> You can get more information about licenses and dependencies for Apache >> projects here: >> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a >> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-b >> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x >> >> Are the things you have to clean up of the nature that you couldn't do that >> after you send in a patch? >> This could be removal of code which can be released under ASL. >> >> We would like to get you integrated into the way we work here as quickly as >> possible. >> >> That includes: >> - Tasks are planned/tracked via jira (this allows other people to >> comment/follow) >> - We would like to be able to review your code and maybe give some advice >> (commit often, break things down in tasks) >> - Changes or new features are usually discussed a on the dev list (e.g. a >> short write up about the approaches you implemented >> or better plan to implement) >> >> Jörn > >
