__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 25 March 2007 08:09 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Wikipedia Founder Joins EC Open Access Campaign
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>>| Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he signed a petition calling
>>| on the European Commission to give the public open access to
>>| taxpayer-funded scientific research because it was "simple and
>>| obvious" that the public should have access to research they
>>| had funded. "Public money should result in public benefit,"
>>| he added.
>> `----
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>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/56443.html
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>>
>> Related:
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>> Push for open access to research
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>>| "Cancer patients seeking information on new treatments or parents
>>| searching for the latest on childhood development issues were often
>>| denied access to the research they indirectly fund through their
>>| taxes"
>> `----
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm
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> I cannot understand what reasonable argument there could be for /not/
> making such things publicly available. I suppose you could argue that
> when companies are paying Universities to do research, then they perhaps
> may want some things to remain out of the public domain, but in the long
> run, it's probably better to keep everything available to all.
I have always argued that research which iss funded by the EPSRC (like mine)
should be fully accessible to all, which it /is/, including code. Evidently,
people make use of it as well. And what's wrong with that? Forcing people to
reinvent the wheel? Why??? It's all about selfishness, not science, assuming
you keep things secret.
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