{
  "id": 433060,
  "title": "Use of the ChicagoFSWild dataset.",
  "url": "/competitions/asl-fingerspelling/discussion/433060",
  "author_name": "Samrat Thapa",
  "post_date": "2023-08-20T07:13:17.388000",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Are we allowed to use the ChicagoFSWild or ChicagoFSWild+ datasets for this competition? I ask this because I could not find any information about the license of the datasets.</p>\n<p>Dataset website: <a href=\"https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview\" target=\"_blank\">https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview</a></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2399168,
      "postDate": "2023-08-20T07:13:17.387Z",
      "content": "<p>Are we allowed to use the ChicagoFSWild or ChicagoFSWild+ datasets for this competition? I ask this because I could not find any information about the license of the datasets.</p>\n<p>Dataset website: <a href=\"https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview\" target=\"_blank\">https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Are we allowed to use the ChicagoFSWild or ChicagoFSWild+ datasets for this competition? I ask this because I could not find any information about the license of the datasets.\n\nDataset website: https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 2410668,
      "postDate": "2023-08-27T06:36:45.153Z",
      "content": "<p>I personally dont think its allowed for commercial use, as its based on youtube videos and taken into the dataset without the consent of individuals signing there. Similar arguments of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983</a> would apply, which led to disqualification.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Specifically, we were asked to provide \"additional permissions or licenses from individuals appearing in [our] external dataset\". Unfortunately, since the data was from public datasets, we didn't have specific written permission from each individual appearing in them, nor did we have any way of identifying these individuals. We didn't realise while competing that external data in this competition falls under 'documentation' as well as the external data rules, so we did not secure these permissions from individuals depicted above and beyond the licensing requirements.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I personally dont think its allowed for commercial use, as its based on youtube videos and taken into the dataset without the consent of individuals signing there. Similar arguments of https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983 would apply, which led to disqualification.\n\n>Specifically, we were asked to provide \"additional permissions or licenses from individuals appearing in [our] external dataset\". Unfortunately, since the data was from public datasets, we didn't have specific written permission from each individual appearing in them, nor did we have any way of identifying these individuals. We didn't realise while competing that external data in this competition falls under 'documentation' as well as the external data rules, so we did not secure these permissions from individuals depicted above and beyond the licensing requirements.",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 2404366,
      "postDate": "2023-08-23T07:53:10.373Z",
      "content": "<p>I don't use it because it is unclear.<br>\nIt is released publicly but commerical use of it is not clear… <br>\nAre you using it?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I don't use it because it is unclear.\nIt is released publicly but commerical use of it is not clear... \nAre you using it?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2404655,
          "postDate": "2023-08-23T12:20:36.207Z",
          "content": "<p>No, I am not using it either because of same reason.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "No, I am not using it either because of same reason.",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2410668,
      "author_name": "Dieter",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2023-08-27T06:36:45.153000",
      "content": "<p>I personally dont think its allowed for commercial use, as its based on youtube videos and taken into the dataset without the consent of individuals signing there. Similar arguments of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983</a> would apply, which led to disqualification.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Specifically, we were asked to provide \"additional permissions or licenses from individuals appearing in [our] external dataset\". Unfortunately, since the data was from public datasets, we didn't have specific written permission from each individual appearing in them, nor did we have any way of identifying these individuals. We didn't realise while competing that external data in this competition falls under 'documentation' as well as the external data rules, so we did not secure these permissions from individuals depicted above and beyond the licensing requirements.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2404366,
      "author_name": "Wonjun",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2023-08-23T07:53:10.373000",
      "content": "<p>I don't use it because it is unclear.<br>\nIt is released publicly but commerical use of it is not clear… <br>\nAre you using it?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2404655,
          "author_name": "Samrat Thapa",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2023-08-23T12:20:36.207000",
          "content": "<p>No, I am not using it either because of same reason.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2399168": "Are we allowed to use the ChicagoFSWild or ChicagoFSWild+ datasets for this competition? I ask this because I could not find any information about the license of the datasets.\n\nDataset website: https://home.ttic.edu/~klivescu/ChicagoFSWild.htm#overview",
    "2410668": "I personally dont think its allowed for commercial use, as its based on youtube videos and taken into the dataset without the consent of individuals signing there. Similar arguments of https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/157983 would apply, which led to disqualification.\n\n>Specifically, we were asked to provide \"additional permissions or licenses from individuals appearing in [our] external dataset\". Unfortunately, since the data was from public datasets, we didn't have specific written permission from each individual appearing in them, nor did we have any way of identifying these individuals. We didn't realise while competing that external data in this competition falls under 'documentation' as well as the external data rules, so we did not secure these permissions from individuals depicted above and beyond the licensing requirements.",
    "2404366": "I don't use it because it is unclear.\nIt is released publicly but commerical use of it is not clear... \nAre you using it?"
  }
}