New “open” licenses aren’t so open

• t: WMF joins 55 other open access groups in protesting “open” licenses that aren’t actually open: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/07/new-open-licenses-arent-so-open/

• t: See why the WMF is against the latest licenses by the Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/07/new-open-licenses-arent-so-open/

• t: See why this new open access license fails to meet the standards set by the Freedom and Open Knowledge Definition:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/07/new-open-licenses-arent-so-open/

• f/g: The new “open access” license by the International Association of Scientific Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) fails to meet the basic standards set out by the Freedom Definition and the Open Knowledge Definition. The Wikimedia Foundation joins the Public Library of Science, Open Knowledge and many other groups in urging STM to withdraw these licenses. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/07/new-open-licenses-arent-so-open/