FastMRI initiative releases neuroimaging data set
&gt; Apply for Access<p>&gt; The application process includes acceptance of the Data Sharing Agreement (found below) and submission of an online application form. The application must include the investigator’s institutional affiliation and the proposed uses of the data. NYU fastMRI data may be used for internal research or educational purposes only as described in the data use agreement and may not be redistributed in any way without prior permission.<p>&gt; Read and agree to the data use agreement below to apply for access.<p>Seriously?!?!?!?!?! You call that open source?!??!?! OK, let&#x27;s leave the semantics aside for a moment. Yes, a dataset like that would be very interesting and I would happily play around with it for a few weeks and see what I can come up with. If it&#x27;s something worth exploring further, I&#x27;ll happily document it and open source it. But that isn&#x27;t something I can really estimate without being to explore the data and see first hand what it is. For that reason alone, myself (and dozens off the top of my head) will roll their eyes and pretend like it doesn&#x27;t exist.<p>False claims, over-hyping with no real understanding and bureaucratic crap like this is what is slowing everyone and everything down, the sooner people understand it, the better.