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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
On July 26, Stack Overflow updated the post to include different modifications to the CC BY-SA license than the prior version. This remains a breach of the license terms, as the CC BY-SA license does ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
Update 2023-06-18
The Data Dump has been re-enabled. The latest data dump is available on The Internet Archive. It was uploaded at 2023-06-14, and contains data up to 2023-06-03.
Additionally, a ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
How do you plan to enforce "I agree that I will use this file for non-commercial use. I will not use it for any other purpose, and I will not transfer it to others without permission from Stack ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
to get the data file for a Stack Exchange site, there will be a location within the settings page on each Stack Exchange site. Users will be provided with the link to the data file, and can also ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
Few things have made me more livid than what we've just learned through the answer given by AMtwo.
The data dump is one of the main reasons why I'm still participating to this day and has been part of ...
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The company's commitment to the data dumps, the API, and SEDE
(Note: the quoted sentence was edited after I posted my answer. I am leaving this answer unedited and undeleted, so that it is available for folks reading the revision history.)
From the original ...
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we want to help make the process of accessing data dumps quicker and more efficient
Umm. OK, I won't laugh out loud, but instead give some simple facts.
This is the process today:
Anyone can ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
this is primarily only a change in location for where the data dump is accessed.
No, this is false and misleading. You are instead trying to quietly change the license of the data dump, and you ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
The company cannot be trusted to own the server hosting the data dumps.
You (read here and later: the company, just so I can skip a spammy round of "I didn't do anything") want to make ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
Friday evening
That's it, and the dump is uploaded. Many thanks to the stackers involved, especially Aaron Bertrand, who babysat the thing for days.
Update as of Friday morning (2023-06-16 12:29:39Z)...
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Shifting the data dump schedule: A proposal
Disclaimer: I don't actually use the dumps, so my approval doesn't mean that much.
But, as the author of the comment that sparked this proposal, let me confirm that this is exactly how I'd expect the ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
Posted Tuesday 2023-06-13 22:32:13Z:
Much has been written lately of the company’s decision to pause the distribution of the anonymized data dump that has historically been posted.
Our intention was ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
We are looking for ways to gate access to the Dump, APIs, and SEDE, that will allow individuals access to the data while preventing misuse by organizations looking to profit from the work of our ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
In my other answer, I mostly focus on licensing and why there are materially problematic issues with the current plan. In this answer, my focus is on why the announcement is problematic from a moral ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
A few things to point out:
The text in the screenshot around requesting access is not consistent with saying that the CC BY-SA license is unchanged. The Creative Commons has a FAQ entry about ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
To highlight the significance that the data dump may have held for me and others:
I signed up to Stack Overflow in order to contribute to a free library of knowledge for everyone, knowing that the ...
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Having assumed you were acting in good faith, I spent a full working day going through the third draft, pointing out wording that was likely to result in… well, *gestures at this webpage*. And I don't ...
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Database schema documentation for the public data dump and SEDE
The Schema Visualized
The Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) above was constructed using the data found in the information_schema.columns table. (Thank you to ashleedawg for paring the table down to ...
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Why are people so unhappy about the OpenAI partnership? Am I missing something?
In a sense—it's because both AI companies and to an extent the company haven't acted in a manner that engenders trust.
I'd note our first brush with AI was people posting AI output on our sites with ...
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The company's commitment to the data dumps, the API, and SEDE
I echo starball's statement, but I want to elaborate a bit more than a comment would allow.
The statements of "long-term" and "foreseeable future" are incredibly vague and often ...
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I have to join this discussion a little later due to being mostly offline in the last few days.
Let me start with a personal consideration. I won't sugarcoat it.
You have reached a new low. This is ...
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We would really rather users do not upload the file to archive.org or similar data pile sites. Assuring the viability of the Network takes resources, and companies that profit off the back of the work ...
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Is SE in violation of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license by not providing data dumps?
I am not a lawyer, but I'm pretty much 100% sure Stack Exchange is not required to provide data dumps except that they promised the community they would do so way back when. CC BY-SA just describes ...
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The company's commitment to the data dumps, the API, and SEDE
Many words have been written around the company's commitment (or perceived lack thereof) to the ongoing existence of the data dumps, the API, and the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE). Much of that ...
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
Stack Overflow senior leadership is working on a strategy to protect be able to solely monetize Stack Overflow data from being misused by charging companies building LLMs extortionate amounts of money....
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June 2023 Data Dump is missing
The resumption of these dumps is very welcome, and I'm glad the company has decided to listen to the community on this issue.
That said, there's something in Phillipe's answer which doesn't sound ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
I have many, many thoughts on this, so this answer might end up being a bit fragmented. I know this isn't novel among the other voices here, but I think this is a very, very bad idea.
Self-Interest &...
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The company's commitment to the data dumps, the API, and SEDE
If you are really committed to maintaining the data dumps, free API and SEDE, you don't need to use phrase "foreseeable future". Probably not even the phrase "long-term".
It just ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
We, the community, want to contribute content under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license, to share with the whole world. We're inspired by Wikipedia and other free culture initiatives. ...
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Announcing a change to the data-dump process
The data dump is a hedge against the company failing or turning evil. It was that promise to keep the content available to the global public that made a lot of us willing to donate our time and ...
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