Re:How do you encourage users to share/copy/evolve data whil...
by bootload on Friday July 27, 2007 @11:45PM
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"... My service already has an export feature. I have no problems with users exporting their data provided that this constitutes only a small fraction of the entire data set ..."
Excellent. Do you intend to go as far as say flickr and use an open API as well at some stage? This allows you to integrate third party services but at the potential competitor raids. Stuart Butterfield has lots to say on this particular problem ~ http://flickr.com/groups/central/discuss/72157594165399644/#...
Out of curiosity can you define "data"? I notice smugmug undertakes the type of restrictions you are describing in their pro account.
Excellent. Do you intend to go as far as say flickr and use an open API as well at some stage? This allows you to integrate third party services but at the potential competitor raids. Stuart Butterfield has lots to say on this particular problem ~ http://flickr.com/groups/central/discuss/72157594165399644/#...
Out of curiosity can you define "data"? I notice smugmug undertakes the type of restrictions you are describing in their pro account.