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Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by aw3c2 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @11:19AM (#8137358)
Nice! Hopefully they will use this to become more open. Right now all you get is a map and some small API stuff. No free/open licenses anywhere.
Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by cryptoz on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @11:42AM (#8137506)
Indeed, their lack of openness is frustrating. I recently wrote[1] about the importance of open source code, and open data too, specifically in terms of crowdsourcing projects for scientific advancement. It'd be great if more of these projects were open, especially the ones with "open" in their name.

[1] http://www.jacobsheehy.com/2014/02/open-source-software-is-i...

(Full disclosure: I run an open project, PressureNet, that WeatherSignal competes with in the crowdsourced weather data space)

Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by cleis on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @11:53AM (#8137566)
WeatherSignal is completely open for non-commercial use, and our data is actually being used by many of the same researchers as PressureNet!

And we're working on making our data more open - with our new resources we'll have more time to work on improve the data we make available via both our website and API.

Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by dublinben on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @12:26PM (#8137747)
Non-commercial restrictions and "completely open" are firmly at odds with each other.
Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by gcb0 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @03:07PM (#8138685)
i would like to know more since i don't see that way.

all my writings, drawings and 3d designs are share with non-commercial licenses. code is always gpl.

Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by dublinben on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @11:11PM (#8140811)
The FreeCulture wiki page on NonCommercial licenses lays out the arguments much better than I could.

http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC

Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by izolate on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @02:07PM (#8138378)
Wow, congrats! I interviewed for a job at OpenSignal, but unfortunately didn't qualify. Really great team though, and so much potential with their datasets. Hoping to see more from them.
Re:OpenSignal Nets $4M to Build Out Its Crowdsourced Mobile ... by brendan_gill on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @03:18PM (#8138761)
Thanks Yosh - really nice of you. I'm sorry it didn't work out differently.