Thomas Jefferson decreed that the reason for government is to protect individual rights of its citizens. These rights were identified as equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness....We would propose that all electronic initiatives should follow the principles of the two learned political philosophers and should incorporate:
Equality — with a goal of equal access to ICT;
Protection of property — including cyber security and protection of intellectual property;
Protection of life — including privacy and protection from cyber crime;
Liberty — including open access to information content; and,
Pursuit of happiness — including specific economic, social, and welfare goals to allow the achievement of a healthy, happy, and prosperous life for all.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/05/2006 09:09:00 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.
