On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Thad Guidry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lydia,
>
> Let's be clear here:
>
> " We'll have to see what kind of data Google can free up and which part
> of that the Wikidata community would like to take in.
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Primary_sources_tool "
>
> Google IS freeing up all the data in Freebase.  It is Wikidata that will
> pull in what it deems notable and worthy.
>
> Wording choices sometimes give the wrong vibe. :)

As I understand it they may not be legally able to make all data
available under CC-0 and are doing it step-by-step.


Cheers
Lydia

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