While many of us are releasing open code under OSI approved licenses, the “secret sauce” with modelling studies is often the data (and assumptions), and my impressions is that the licensing landscape is less clear there and its less obvious what the trade-offs aree between different licenses, their compatibilities, and what restrictions they impose.
There are many questions that seem small but take time to understand and answer, like: what is the difference between “database” and “data” — under what conditions does the user of data licensed with a share-alike license have to make changes available, etc.
Goal of this do-a-thon: work through the pros and cons of different licensing models and write up a short how-to / decision helper article (e.g. for the wiki)
Some related forum posts on the topic:
Some existing info on the wiki:
https://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/wiki/Choosing_a_license#Data
UPDATE: It is unlikely I will have time to lead this do-a-thon but I’m leaving it up in case others are interested and would like to organise around this topic!