On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Bináris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2012/4/1 Markus Krötzsch <[email protected]> >> >> We would rather like to support linking and data integration with external >> data bases than suggest *every* fact of the world to be copied to Wikidata. > > > An interesting example is the IUCN redlist of threatened species: > http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Data are modified by IUCN from time to time, so > copying would be a rather temporary solution, while the redlist status is > important in infoboxes of animals and plants.
Actually, to do anything with their data you'd need to get written approval for exceptions to their terms of use which prohibit both redistribution and commercial use (ie you'd need to include a NC clause in your license). http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/terms-of-use#3._No_commercial_use Tom _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
