Wikimedia adopts open licensing policy for foundation-funded research - Creative Commons

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-03-25

Summary:

"Last week the Wikimedia Foundation announced it is adopting an open access policy for research works created using foundation funds. According to their blog post, the new open access policy 'will ensure that all research the Wikimedia Foundation supports through grants, equipment, or research collaboration is made widely accessible and reusable. Research, data, and code developed through these collaborations will be made available in Open Access venues and under a free license, in keeping with the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission to support free knowledge ..."

Link:

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45190

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.wikimedia_foundation oa.funders oa.mandates oa.licensing oa.cc oa.pd oa.floss oa.libre oa.policies oa.copyright

Date tagged:

03/25/2015, 08:16

Date published:

03/25/2015, 04:16