inbo / niche_vlaanderen

Python package to run the NICHE Vlaanderen model
https://inbo.github.io/niche_vlaanderen/
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Temporary disclaimer in README.rst? #286

Closed cecileherr closed 1 year ago

cecileherr commented 2 years ago

Apparently the documentation website and this repository are quite good referenced in search engines while there are still a few legal aspects that we have to sort out before we can publish this openly. The fact that this website is already online has been a source of confusion lately.

Maybe we could (temporarily) change the README.rst section:

Something like (adapted from README.rst):

(...) Dit project is een herontwikkeling van een bestaande ArcGIS plugin in Python, zonder externe non-open source dependencies.

Disclaimer
===================

This version of the NICHE Vlaanderen package and the associated website with documentation are intended for testing purposes only.

Deze versie of het NICHE Vlaanderen package en de bijhorende website met documentatie zijn enkel bedoeld voor testdoeleinden.

Documentation - Documentatie
=============================
(...)

@DriesAdriaens @johanvdw : any objections or other suggestions? Of course I hope we can get back to the version with MIT license & without disclaimer asap...

DriesAdriaens commented 2 years ago

Another option could be to make the repository private as long as the legal distribution as open source cannot be assured?

I would make the disclaimer more explicit by additionally stating that "It is prohibited to use the package for commercial purposes."

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Apparently the documentation website and this repository are quite good referenced in search engines while there are still a few legal aspects that we have to sort out before we can publish this openly. The fact that this website is already online has been a source of confusion lately.

Maybe we could (temporarily) change the README.rst https://github.com/inbo/niche_vlaanderen#readme section:

  • add a basic disclaimer stating that this website is for testers only
  • hide information about the license

Something like (adapted from README.rst):

(...) Dit project is een herontwikkeling van een bestaande ArcGIS plugin in Python, zonder externe non-open source dependencies.

Disclaimer

This version of the NICHE Vlaanderen package and the associated website with documentation are intended for testing purposes only.

Deze versie of het NICHE Vlaanderen package en de bijhorende website met documentatie zijn enkel bedoeld voor testdoeleinden.

Documentation - Documentatie

(...)

@DriesAdriaens https://github.com/DriesAdriaens @johanvdw https://github.com/johanvdw : any objections or other suggestions? Of course I hope we can get back to the version with MIT license & without disclaimer asap...

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cecileherr commented 1 year ago

update: I asked IT to make the repository private.