The Gates Foundation Emerges As A Leader In The Fight For Full Open Access And Open Data | Techdirt

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-01-27

Summary:

"The Gates Foundation is therefore to be congratulated on making this stand for both open access and open data. However, there is a certain irony here that an organization fighting so hard for openness should be funded by a man whose huge fortune is based on selling software that is resolutely closed source."

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170118/03351936507/gates-foundation-emerges-as-leader-fight-full-open-access-open-data.shtml

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Date tagged:

01/27/2017, 09:54

Date published:

01/27/2017, 04:54