The European Commission has proposed a new directive on the re-use of public sector information throughout Europe. The proposal would remove some legal and technical obstacles to the publication of value-added editions of this free information. (Thanks to QuickLinks.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/07/2002 02:16:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.