Science Commons: Open The Flow Of Scientific Information

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3 Mar 2005 18:31:26 -0000

 

Health Supreme Update: Science Commons: Open The Flow Of

Scientific Information

sepp

 

 

 

Health Supreme Update: Science Commons: Open The Flow Of Scientific

Information

 

March 03, 2005

 

 

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Creative Commons has become a modern-day alternative to

copyright which we inherited from pre-computer and pre-internet

times. Ubiquitous copyright has become an obstacle to sharing

and utilizing the immense amounts of information now at our

fingertips. The idea is to form a " commons " , that is, a freely

accessible body of facts and ideas where barriers to the

exchange and use of information have been removed or at least

lowered from the rigid standards imposed by traditional

copyright. A new initiative of Creative Commons, directed

towards sharing not only copyrighted material but also patents

and scientific data is taking shape and is expected to take off

some time in early 2005....

 

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http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/02/21/science_commons_open_the_flow_of\

_scientific_information.htm

 

 

Although this initiative is by no means limited to health science, it

might well be an opportunity to get the scientific data about the use

and effectiveness of nutrition and other natural therapies for health,

into the emerging open access databases that will form the object of

Science Commons.

 

Kind regards

Sepp

 

 

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