A new report from the National Research Council favors the “free and open” exchange of information in the life sciences, but also recommends the development of explicit global codes of ethics as well as the creation of “authorities” around the world to monitor and respond to potential misuse of biomedical capabilities. The report emphasizes the importance of ensuring that the results of fundamental research remain unrestricted, unless issues of national security require that they be classified, and it also stresses that any biosecurity regulations should be scientifically sound and non-obstructive to the progress of biology.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/04/2006 09:20:00 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.
