[Foundation-l] Re-use of scholarly content

Samuel Klein sj at laptop.org
Wed Oct 17 21:18:08 UTC 2007


Thank you for cross-posting that note.  I agree with your sentiment, and 
think we need to work to refine the definition of 'open access' to be 
something of lasting value.   These discussions should not be limited
to the realm of academic papers, but should extend to sharing all 
scientific knowledge.

SJ


On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Klaus Graf wrote:

> There is a recent discussion about true "Open Access" which includes
> IMHO the permission of re-use. The most appropriate license for
> scholarly works is CC-BY which allows use esp. at Commons. See my
> comment on a PLoS Biology article at
> http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=read-response&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050285#r1904
>
> Klaus Graf



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