[governance] FYI - Open Access movement win - USG Federally-funded research results are to be made available publicly
John Curran
jcurran at istaff.org
Fri Feb 22 20:12:06 EST 2013
<http://mashable.com/2013/02/22/white-house-public-access-directive/>
"The directive is seen as a watershed moment after a ten-year-long campaign that has involved a considerable amount of associations and activists, including Aaron Swartz, who was accused of downloading JSTOR articles, an action that was directly influenced by the open access ethos. "
FYI,
/John
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