7 Jun
2011
7 Jun
'11
08:41
There is no reason that the EoL, GBIF or both could not adopt and take ownership of what I am working on.
I think one of the problems is that we have no model of collaborative working under Open Source / Open Content licenses in the biodiversity community. Most try to define unlicensed monopolies (whether for commercial exploitation or just the next grant).
EoL is almost exclusively build on closed content (with bilateral agreements allowing them to display the "Creative Commons Non-Commercial" content). I don't imply this is a failure of EoL, it is the status of the community.
As a result, there is no "we" and little synergies.
Gregor