The University of Texas is switching from a priced, printed textbook to an open-access textbook for a state-mandated government course. For details, see the UT press release or the Laura Heinauer story in the Austin American-Statesman.
(PS: Unlike other e-textbooks in the news recently, this one is free of charge, free of DRM, and it does not expire.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/20/2005 10:50:00 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.