[Foundation-l] Black market science

[Arlen Beiler]

Once it is published, can't it just go to Wikisource? Or would it have to be
CC-By or something like that. If so, Wikisource would still be the best
suited for that, we would just have to put it in a journal namespace or
something along that line.

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:17 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 July 2011 20:58, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We need a Wikijournal project, where scientists can do all the
> > functions of a journal without any prior approval--  collectively form
> > groups, review, and publish.
> > Free content is going to capture science eventually-- scientists want
> > open content too badly for the research journal monopoly to last
> > forever.    The only question is-- how can WM help ignite this
> > revolution waiting to happen?  If we're really lucky, can we ourselves
> > be the home to the successor of the for-profit journal system.
>
>
> Academic peer-review is a rather un-wiki process. Possibly a first
> step is encouraging arXiv-like preprint archives for other fields -
> arXiv has become pretty much *the* first place to stake out your
> credit in physics.
>
>
> - d.
>
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