Elspeth Revere of the MacArthur Foundation - Creative Commons

An interview with Elspeth Revere, Vice President in charge of Media, Culture and Special Initiatives at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "[Q:] What is the link between the MacArthur Foundation and CC? Do you use our tools in your work? Or are our tools more applicable to your grantees? [A:] MacArthur policy calls for openness in research and freedom of access to data. We encourage our grantees to explore opportunities to use existing and emerging Internet distribution models and when appropriate open access journals, Creative Commons licenses or other mechanisms that result in broad access for the interested field and public. While we do not insist that grantees use Creative Commons licenses, we do suggest their use when appropriate and practical...."