Creative Commons announces steps towards forming a Science Commons initiative. While CC licenses have appeared with Public Library of Science papers, for example, (and evidently BioMed Central,) this project seeks to "delve into both legal areas (patents, data) and subject matter (biomedicine) outside the scope of our current organization." Having gained financial support for Science Commons, CC announces an full-time opening for a manager to "drive the Science Commons exploratory process." (Source: Slashdot)
Posted by
Garrett at 3/24/2004 12:02:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
