There is also http://www.freebase.com/ and I was under the impression that WiserEarth are hoping to work with them.
Perhaps Peggy Duvette (of WiserEarth, cc'd) can clarify :) Smiles, Josef. 2008/10/21 Rufus Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chris Watkins > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know if WiserEarth's database is open data - and if so, how to >> get hold of it? I haven't been able to find it, so far. > > Bottom of page states: > > This work is licensed under a Creative Commons > Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. > > This is (of course) non-open (due to Non-commercial restriction) > > Of course this is just the license for the site 'content' but here the > content seems to equal the data so I'd guess this is also the 'data' > license. > >> If it's not open (and even if it is) then I'd be interested in where to find >> other large sources of data on non-profit organizations. > > Interesting question and I certainly don't know of any lists. In the > US I'd guess there must be public register of 501(c) type > organizations and in the UK you might be able to search for companies > limited by guarantees and charities (though I think you'd need to pay > for at least one of these datasets ...) > > Rufus > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > -- Josef Davies-Coates 07974 88 88 95 http://uniteddiversity.com Together We Have Everything _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
