The Encyclopedia Britannica experimented with free online access for a while, but gave up last year. So it was a pleasant surprise to discover that the acclaimed 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is free online. (Thanks to Terry Foreman.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/25/2002 08:20:00 AM.
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.