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0 pointsshepardrtc8y ago0 comments

I disagree with the parent. You've taken the time to organize and host these datasets. The least we can do is create an account to download them.

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diggan8y ago· 2 in thread

Sure, but then maybe don't call it "public" as people will think it can be downloaded without creating an account. Calling something public but require account creation is misleading.

omg_ketchup8y ago

I'm not sure I'd agree- the data is accessible to anyone who wants it for free. There's no restrictions on creating the account.

Radio is free, but you hear advertisements. Probably better to create an account than to have product placement in the actual data.

diggan8y ago

The restriction I'm talking about is creating the account. "Public" (at least for me) does not mean that I need to agree to some lengthy "terms of service", "privacy policy" and create an account. Public means it's public and can be accessed from curl or my browser of choice without signing a contract.

Not sure were you are from, but where I'm from (Sweden), public radio (not free but public) and public TV is free of advertisement and does not require me to sign up for an account to be able to listen to/watch it. That's what I call public.

- https://www.kaggle.com/terms

- https://www.kaggle.com/about/privacy

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