Other successful Free Projects: Open Access (was: [ox-en] Oekonux introduction)
- From: Stefan Merten <smerten oekonux.de>
- Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:56:13 +0100
Other successful Free Projects: Open Access
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* Free access to scientific information
* Growing movement in the scientific communities
More and more acceptance in the scientific communities
* Based on Internet technology
* Aligns well with scientific tradition of open flow of thoughts
* Based on established methods of peer review
* Produces useful products
* At the forefront of the development of productive forces
Science is a pre-condition for production with ever increasing
importance
* Free in the sense of (Doubly) Free Software
* Freedom is pre-condition and result of the process
* Unlimited externally and internally
* Challenge: Counter movement to lock away scientific information
E.g. patents
.. admonition:: Conclusion
Open Access is a very interesting Free Project
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