Charles Q. Choi, Nano World: Nanotech may not reach poor, World Peace Herald, March 11, 2005. Excerpt: 'Bryan Bruns, a sociologist with the Foresight Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., said the most important way governments could use nanotechnology to help the poor "would be to open access to knowledge through better policies on intellectual property, including full publication of publicly-funded research in ways that are accessible and affordable." Other strategies should include open-source licenses or 'creative commons' and non-exclusive licenses, he said, and these should be combined with free or low-cost access, prompt processing and full disclosure of patents, plus prizes for key technology innovations that serve the poor, such as cheap solar energy and affordable medical diagnostic tests.' (PS: Just one nano problem. How does nanotech help deliver OA? Does Bryan Bruns mean that OA could help deliver nanotech? That would make more sense.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/11/2005 02:27:00 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.
