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  "title": "Can this dataset be used in some academic work?",
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  "post_date": "2015-04-01T00:53:56.960Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hi ,</p>\n<p>Since there is not rule been said explicitly in the description,&nbsp;I am wondering, can one could the dataset in some academic work?</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/01/2015 00:53:56",
      "content": "<p>Hi ,</p>\n<p>Since there is not rule been said explicitly in the description,&nbsp;I am wondering, can one could the dataset in some academic work?</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/01/2015 12:52:05",
      "content": "<p>I have exactly the same question. And if this is possible, how shall we cite it? Cite it as a property of kaggle.com or Microsoft Research or both?</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/01/2015 17:00:07",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle competitions, including this one, typically have this clause on the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/rules\">Rules page</a>&nbsp;under &quot;Intellectual Property, DATA&quot; that prohibits the use of competition data for external purposes:&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&quot;Unless otherwise permitted by the terms of the Competition Website, Participants must use the Data solely for the purpose and duration of the Competition, including but not limited to reading and learning from the Data, analyzing the Data, modifying the Data and generally preparing your Submission and any underlying models and participating in forum discussions on the Website.&quot;</p>\n<p>Some hosts would be open to the use of their data for academic or research purposes. It's entirely up to the Microsoft team in this case. We've forwarded them your inquiry and they can respond here if they're open to your use of the data.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks for asking before using the data outside of the competition! :)</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/02/2015 11:39:51",
      "content": "<p>Yes, you may use this for academic work.</p>\n<p>Interesting pieces of work that are related to this contest can be submitted for presentation at BIG in May (even if they are not a direct solutions).</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/03/2015 16:53:45",
      "content": "Hello, I am not a participant in the competition, having just become aware of this challenge.  I would like to use this data in research with my own algorithms even though I cannot join the competition.  You mention above that interesting presentations can be submitted for the BIG conference.  Would my external work be elligible?  If approved, would I be able to present at other conferences?  I am aware of the intellectual property rules for those in the competition, but am curious as to whether I am subject to additional restrictions.\nThanking you in advance,\nBrad Harris",
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      "id": "71851",
      "postDate": "04/16/2015 04:05:22",
      "content": "<p>how to cite the data ?</p>",
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      "id": "73093",
      "postDate": "04/22/2015 06:19:11",
      "content": "<p>Hi.I think this dataset is a good benchmark dataset for malware-classification. I want to use this dataset in my research. But how can I&nbsp;cite the data correctly?</p>",
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      "postDate": "04/30/2015 15:08:13",
      "content": "<p>Can someone from the Admin team, please clarify on this. Thanks</p>\n<p>[quote=Anna Montoya;69339]</p>\n<p>Kaggle competitions, including this one, typically have this clause on the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/rules\">Rules page</a>&nbsp;under &quot;Intellectual Property, DATA&quot; that prohibits the use of competition data for external purposes:&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>...</p>\n<p>Some hosts would be open to the use of their data for academic or research purposes. It's entirely up to the Microsoft team in this case. We've forwarded them your inquiry and they can respond here if they're open to your use of the data.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks for asking before using the data outside of the competition! :)</p>\n<p>[/quote]</p>",
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      "id": "77594",
      "postDate": "05/08/2015 10:17:17",
      "content": "<p>Just a follow up question about the access to the data for academic purposes</p>\n<p>How long the data will be publicly available on the Kaggle web site?</p>\n<p>If it the availability time is limited, can we download the dataset and provide an access solely within a research group for future use.</p>",
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      "id": "77609",
      "postDate": "05/08/2015 13:35:51",
      "content": "<p>We host data and leave competitions open for submissions&nbsp;indefinitely (unless the host tells us to remove it, which is very uncommon).</p>",
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      "id": "77852",
      "postDate": "05/11/2015 07:02:59",
      "content": "<p>Hi William Cukierski! But submissions after the contest are also possible for those who doesn't have joined to the competion? Thank you very much for the answer.</p>",
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      "id": "77865",
      "postDate": "05/11/2015 09:30:34",
      "content": "<p>Hello, William.</p>\n<p>Thank you very much for the reply! Good to hear that we can access the data in future as well.</p>",
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      "id": "122673",
      "postDate": "06/06/2016 11:18:17",
      "content": "<p>hello \nI would like to use this dataset in my research but I'm asking if it legal&#8203; or not \nthank you  </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "hello \r\nI would like to use this dataset in my research but I'm asking if it legal or not \r\nthank you",
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      "postDate": "06/09/2016 16:27:10",
      "content": "<p>I think it is allowed. We used it in our paper:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2857705.2857713\">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2857705.2857713</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think it is allowed. We used it in our paper:\r\n\r\nhttp://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2857705.2857713",
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      "id": "123107",
      "postDate": "06/09/2016 18:33:41",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, Mansour \nActually, I read your paper but can I use any part of  your source and dataset also\nthank you bro.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you, Mansour \r\nActually, I read your paper but can I use any part of  your source and dataset also\r\nthank you bro.",
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      "id": "123123",
      "postDate": "06/09/2016 21:31:17",
      "content": "<p>I put the source code in my Github although the feature extraction step needs some updates.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I put the source code in my Github although the feature extraction step needs some updates.",
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      "id": "730700",
      "postDate": "01/27/2020 19:48:11",
      "content": "<p>I want to use data for my master's thesis \nDo you help me?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I want to use data for my master's thesis \nDo you help me?",
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      "id": "1006214",
      "postDate": "09/11/2020 05:49:48",
      "content": "<p>This dataset is a good benchmark dataset for web malware-classification. I am going to use this alongwith others for my ongoing work on wordpress malware scanner named <a href=\"https://secure.wphackedhelp.com/\" target=\"_blank\">wp hacked help</a>.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This dataset is a good benchmark dataset for web malware-classification. I am going to use this alongwith others for my ongoing work on wordpress malware scanner named [wp hacked help](https://secure.wphackedhelp.com/).",
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      "post_date": "09/11/2020 05:49:48",
      "content": "<p>This dataset is a good benchmark dataset for web malware-classification. I am going to use this alongwith others for my ongoing work on wordpress malware scanner named <a href=\"https://secure.wphackedhelp.com/\" target=\"_blank\">wp hacked help</a>.</p>",
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      "author_name": "alishakiba",
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      "post_date": "04/01/2015 12:52:05",
      "content": "<p>I have exactly the same question. And if this is possible, how shall we cite it? Cite it as a property of kaggle.com or Microsoft Research or both?</p>",
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      "author_name": "annavictoria",
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      "post_date": "04/01/2015 17:00:07",
      "content": "<p>Kaggle competitions, including this one, typically have this clause on the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/rules\">Rules page</a>&nbsp;under &quot;Intellectual Property, DATA&quot; that prohibits the use of competition data for external purposes:&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&quot;Unless otherwise permitted by the terms of the Competition Website, Participants must use the Data solely for the purpose and duration of the Competition, including but not limited to reading and learning from the Data, analyzing the Data, modifying the Data and generally preparing your Submission and any underlying models and participating in forum discussions on the Website.&quot;</p>\n<p>Some hosts would be open to the use of their data for academic or research purposes. It's entirely up to the Microsoft team in this case. We've forwarded them your inquiry and they can respond here if they're open to your use of the data.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks for asking before using the data outside of the competition! :)</p>",
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      "author_name": "wwwbigcupcommittee",
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      "post_date": "04/02/2015 11:39:51",
      "content": "<p>Yes, you may use this for academic work.</p>\n<p>Interesting pieces of work that are related to this contest can be submitted for presentation at BIG in May (even if they are not a direct solutions).</p>",
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      "author_name": "bradharris0",
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      "post_date": "04/03/2015 16:53:45",
      "content": "Hello, I am not a participant in the competition, having just become aware of this challenge.  I would like to use this data in research with my own algorithms even though I cannot join the competition.  You mention above that interesting presentations can be submitted for the BIG conference.  Would my external work be elligible?  If approved, would I be able to present at other conferences?  I am aware of the intellectual property rules for those in the competition, but am curious as to whether I am subject to additional restrictions.\nThanking you in advance,\nBrad Harris",
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      "content": "<p>how to cite the data ?</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Hi.I think this dataset is a good benchmark dataset for malware-classification. I want to use this dataset in my research. But how can I&nbsp;cite the data correctly?</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Can someone from the Admin team, please clarify on this. Thanks</p>\n<p>[quote=Anna Montoya;69339]</p>\n<p>Kaggle competitions, including this one, typically have this clause on the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/malware-classification/rules\">Rules page</a>&nbsp;under &quot;Intellectual Property, DATA&quot; that prohibits the use of competition data for external purposes:&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>...</p>\n<p>Some hosts would be open to the use of their data for academic or research purposes. It's entirely up to the Microsoft team in this case. We've forwarded them your inquiry and they can respond here if they're open to your use of the data.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks for asking before using the data outside of the competition! :)</p>\n<p>[/quote]</p>",
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      "author_name": "andy178258",
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      "post_date": "05/08/2015 10:17:17",
      "content": "<p>Just a follow up question about the access to the data for academic purposes</p>\n<p>How long the data will be publicly available on the Kaggle web site?</p>\n<p>If it the availability time is limited, can we download the dataset and provide an access solely within a research group for future use.</p>",
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      "content": "<p>We host data and leave competitions open for submissions&nbsp;indefinitely (unless the host tells us to remove it, which is very uncommon).</p>",
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      "post_date": "05/11/2015 07:02:59",
      "content": "<p>Hi William Cukierski! But submissions after the contest are also possible for those who doesn't have joined to the competion? Thank you very much for the answer.</p>",
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      "author_name": "andy178258",
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      "post_date": "05/11/2015 09:30:34",
      "content": "<p>Hello, William.</p>\n<p>Thank you very much for the reply! Good to hear that we can access the data in future as well.</p>",
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      "author_name": "memealotaibi",
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      "content": "<p>hello \nI would like to use this dataset in my research but I'm asking if it legal&#8203; or not \nthank you  </p>",
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      "content": "<p>I think it is allowed. We used it in our paper:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2857705.2857713\">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2857705.2857713</a></p>",
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      "post_date": "06/09/2016 18:33:41",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, Mansour \nActually, I read your paper but can I use any part of  your source and dataset also\nthank you bro.</p>",
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      "content": "<p>I put the source code in my Github although the feature extraction step needs some updates.</p>",
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